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Zorro

(18,718 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2019, 11:35 PM Apr 2019

Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders [View all]

The ancestors of the people who built Stonehenge travelled west across the Mediterranean before reaching Britain, a study has shown.

Researchers compared DNA extracted from Neolithic human remains found across Britain with that of people alive at the same time in Europe.

The Neolithic inhabitants appear to have travelled from Anatolia (modern Turkey) to Iberia before winding their way north.

They reached Britain in about 4,000BC.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47938188

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Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders [View all] Zorro Apr 2019 OP

Thanks for the link! Talitha Apr 2019 #1

In those days, they were called Moores, I think? lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #2

Not 6,000 years ago. I wondered about Egyptian training though. nt Hekate Apr 2019 #3

That's an interesting thought. Silver Gaia Apr 2019 #6

Anatolia region of Turkey is home to the oldest Neolithic structures in the world Amishman Apr 2019 #12

Many thanks; I knew I should have gone looking for a better answer. Hekate Apr 2019 #21

Othello was a Moore... SeattleVet Apr 2019 #4

This was about 5,000 years before the Moors. Silver Gaia Apr 2019 #5

Mary Tyler Moore is a Moore. You mean the Moors (los Moros). DFW Apr 2019 #9

Actually it is Moops Takket Apr 2019 #13

LOL malaise Apr 2019 #14

I am currently reading an excellent book on the subject and recommend it highly: Tanuki Apr 2019 #17

Holy shit! jcgoldie Apr 2019 #18

Moors were black... HipChick Apr 2019 #15

I do think so. In the ancient artwork, one can see nubians looking different from the Karadeniz Apr 2019 #32

They weren't called anything at all in any currently existing language. Crunchy Frog Apr 2019 #24

That won't go down well with Brexiters ! OnDoutside Apr 2019 #7

From Anatolia (Turkey) RandiFan1290 Apr 2019 #8

Yup, first thing I thought of. nt DLevine Apr 2019 #10

The mobility of peoples and their technology goes back amazingly far DFW Apr 2019 #11

It is amazing, isn't it. MineralMan Apr 2019 #16

These migrations were probably related to the Ice Ages FakeNoose Apr 2019 #19

This migration was during the Neolithic, thousands of years after the retreat of the glaciers. Crunchy Frog Apr 2019 #25

People don't need to move much for DNA to travel, though jberryhill Apr 2019 #26

When the DNA shift is sudden and massive Crunchy Frog Apr 2019 #29

Your honor, I have no idea how my DNA got there jberryhill Apr 2019 #30

It reminds me of the later Chaco Culture in America. hunter Apr 2019 #23

Immigrants get it done mainer Apr 2019 #20

Aaarrggghh! There is nothing in the abstract of the paper about Stonehenge muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #22

Yes it is atrocious sensationalist reporting jberryhill Apr 2019 #27

Stonehenge was built by Mexican immigrants. kwassa Apr 2019 #33

Thank you for the clarification. Crunchy Frog Apr 2019 #28

If you Google "Stonehenge" right now, EVERYTHING that comes up Crunchy Frog Apr 2019 #31