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Silver Gaia

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5. This was about 5,000 years before the Moors.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 02:30 AM

Apr 2019

Good thought, just wrong time period. The Moors were primarily Muslims who traveled to Europe during the Middle Ages. The people being discussed here were pre-Christianity by 4,000 years, and Islam is post-Christianity.

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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