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Cheddar Man (Descendent Of Stone Age Skeleton Found, 9,000 Year Old)

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Anglo-Saxon Broach Has Oldest Writing In English

[Auntie Dem]

The teeth in the photo obviously could not belong to a Brit--they're much too straight! ;^)

[marron]

Demonstrating that most of the people buried in a Saxon cemetary were born in England doesn't tell us much about a Saxon invasion. And 24 bodies is a pretty small sample.

As he says in the article, the Saxons rolled in the 5th century. The cemetary dates from the 5th to the 7th century, which means it would be surprising if anyone there wasn't born on the island. And in fact that is what they find.

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Fabulous Finds As Saxon King's Tomb Is Unearthed

[BikePacker]

I'm surprised the ancient English had any teeth to be examined.

Maybe their lack of dental hygiene is a relatively new phenomenon.

[Plutarch]

It seems more likely that there was a small-scale immigration from continental Europe and that the existing British population adopted the customs of these outsiders as their own.

I am sure that being enslaved encouraged the native Britons in that regard.

[VadeRetro]

I'm not so sure this finding means much. True, only one set of teeth developed across the water. The others could have been second-generation, third-generation, whatever. That test only shows where you grew up, not how you came to be there or whether you were Celtic or Saxon.

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Sutton Hoo

[Mannaggia l'America]

[nmh]

How about some DNA testing and comparisons on that?

[gcruse]

History books say Anglo-Saxons replaced the Britons in England

Well, now I am lost.  I always thought that Anglos were Britons, hence the name England.
What was the country of origin of the Anglos, in not England?

[farmfriend]

Gods, Graves, Glyphs
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[CobaltBlue]

The guy in the photo reminds me of Tom Petty.

[Darnright]

You may find this of interest

[Henchman]

"Chemical analysis of human teeth from a Medieval cemetery in Yorkshire found few individuals of continental origin."

Wrong cemetary. Possibly very few Anglo Saxons were killed at the time; those burried in that section were locals; it never happened.