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Posted on 12/30/2005 5:03:20 PM PST by blam
Golly Ned, inane comments are one of the primary reasons for coming to FR, especially truly funny, clever inane comments like "where is Gouda man". LOL
Perhaps one of these days we'll log on to find this GGG ping:
"Ancient Stick in the Mud Discovered - Identified as Buffaloe Head"
Also a good thing about all us inane comment guys is that we keep bumping a thread and making other people aware of it
Yeppers. Aside from the inane comments, I truly learn alot from FR, especially the GGG threads. The bonfires of the inanities serve merely as humorous thread-warmers. :-)
I like mine extra-sharp. Goes better with beer that way.
You be careful with that axe, Eugene.
I'm stunned. I figured they'd be lucky to find any DNA in the tooth cavity of a living Brit, ket alone one that died 9000 years ago.
April 2006 bump.
They killed him and took the cheese a long time ago.
9,000 years, and he lives a kilometer from the cave.
That is ... amazing. I don't think my nomadic family has ever stayed put for an entire generation.
That means we can enjoy this thread again in a few years !!!!!!!
The scientist says this: "They would have shared a common ancestor about 10,000 years ago, so they are related."
I see no evidence presented that Mr. Taggart is an actual descendant of Cheddar Man. They just have a shared ancestor. Cheddar Man could have been the bachelor uncle of the guy whose line later went on to produce the history teacher.
not me ...Im not growin up(Peter Pan Syndrome Survivor)
It appears that the core British DNA is very ancient and is still there. All the subsequent immigrants and invasions have had little influence on that core group. The (original) core group of Brits came from a Franco-Spanish (Iberia) refuge before the Younger Dryas and were influenced years later by additional immigrants from Iberia.
Most of the Europeans can place their homeland during the Ice Age to this Iberian Refuge and only thousands of years later were they influenced by other 'outsiders.'
Fascinating stuff. How long ago was britain under ice?
“I guess that I may be missing something, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out what it is.”
Possibly that they only tested 20 people? There have been a lot of people move into England since 7150BC, after all. If they tested everyone in town, they would probably get more hits, but quite a few more misses, too.
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How many people do you think are going to get that ancient Pink Floyd reference?
Me!Me!
That was one of my favs.
They only tested a handful of people living in country. Cheddar man may have thousands of relatives living elsewhere.
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