Genetic markers in banded wood snails in Ireland and France reveal ancient human migrations. Credit: Lauren Holden
Genetic markers in banded wood snails in Ireland and France reveal ancient human migrations. Credit: Lauren Holden
Slow news day?
Can’t explain unless we involve humans??.....Ridiculous
“Honey, we’re all set to leave. Did you pack the snails?” :)
I suscribe to the theory (which...ahem...I must say in all modesty that I just made up)that the escargot eating Frogs simply followed the snails as they migrated north (at a snail’s pace of course)after the Ice Age.
After all, no one has ever produced evidence of ‘snail transporting equipment’ with which the Frenchies would have carried the snails north.
My wife is of Irish ancestry. This story will provide me ammunition in arguments for years to come.
Wait a minute! I read an article here about a year ago that said that DNA research showed that the Irish were descended from the Germans. So now, on Saint Patricks Day, we all have to drink green beer and eat bratwurst with escargot?
That Ireland may have been, at least, partially populated by the seafaring Basques is not so far fetched.
