Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Allen W Thrasher > the indigenous Romano-British population (who were dark-haired) were > exterminated or driven out, whereas those counties conquered after the > conversion of the Saxons are mixed in appearance, indicating less harsh > methods. But some rural areas of England seem to have a very static population. There is the BBC series "Meet the Ancestors". I think it was the first episode which featured the reconstruction of the face of somebody who lived around Cheddar several thousand years ago, using the man's skull. When it was finished and unveiled in the village hall at the need of the programme, there were murmurs of recognition -- "Ah, it looks just look old John down the road !". I believe that the genetic evidence corroborates this demographic stability in many areas away from the east and south-east. Best wishes, Stephen Hodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Hello Steve, I think that Allen's point is that this example confirms that linguistic migration can occur in the absence of massive ethnic migration. I agree with him. And I think that Ganesan initiated this thread in order to make this very point. Am I right, Ganesan? George Thompson Stephen Hodge [s.hodge] Monday, March 29, 2004 8:26 PM INDOLOGY Re: [Y-Indology] Saxon migration Allen W Thrasher > the indigenous Romano-British population (who were dark-haired) were > exterminated or driven out, whereas those counties conquered after the > conversion of the Saxons are mixed in appearance, indicating less harsh > methods. But some rural areas of England seem to have a very static population. There is the BBC series "Meet the Ancestors". I think it was the first episode which featured the reconstruction of the face of somebody who lived around Cheddar several thousand years ago, using the man's skull. When it was finished and unveiled in the village hall at the need of the programme, there were murmurs of recognition -- "Ah, it looks just look old John down the road !". I believe that the genetic evidence corroborates this demographic stability in many areas away from the east and south-east. Best wishes, Stephen Hodge Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Good point. I looked again at the article on Saxons and noted the remains were from Yorkshire, not one of the *sex counties. Was that one of the relatively static areas, do you think? Was Yorkshire protected because the sea between it and the Continent is wider than in the South? Allen Thrasher >>> s.hodge 3/29/2004 8:26:06 PM >>> Allen W Thrasher > the indigenous Romano-British population (who were dark-haired) were > exterminated or driven out, whereas those counties conquered after the > conversion of the Saxons are mixed in appearance, indicating less harsh > methods. But some rural areas of England seem to have a very static population. There is the BBC series "Meet the Ancestors". I think it was the first episode which featured the reconstruction of the face of somebody who lived around Cheddar several thousand years ago, using the man's skull. When it was finished and unveiled in the village hall at the need of the programme, there were murmurs of recognition -- "Ah, it looks just look old John down the road !". I believe that the genetic evidence corroborates this demographic stability in many areas away from the east and south-east. Best wishes, Stephen Hodge Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Take the case of present-day Haiti. Yes, we really should take a look, at the atrocities at least! Compare linguistic migration with ethnic migration there. Isn't the point obvious? George Thompson George Thompson [gthomgt] Monday, March 29, 2004 9:17 PM INDOLOGY RE: [Y-Indology] Saxon migration Hello Steve, I think that Allen's point is that this example confirms that linguistic migration can occur in the absence of massive ethnic migration. I agree with him. And I think that Ganesan initiated this thread in order to make this very point. Am I right, Ganesan? George Thompson Stephen Hodge [s.hodge] Monday, March 29, 2004 8:26 PM INDOLOGY Re: [Y-Indology] Saxon migration Allen W Thrasher > the indigenous Romano-British population (who were dark-haired) were > exterminated or driven out, whereas those counties conquered after the > conversion of the Saxons are mixed in appearance, indicating less harsh > methods. But some rural areas of England seem to have a very static population. There is the BBC series "Meet the Ancestors". I think it was the first episode which featured the reconstruction of the face of somebody who lived around Cheddar several thousand years ago, using the man's skull. When it was finished and unveiled in the village hall at the need of the programme, there were murmurs of recognition -- "Ah, it looks just look old John down the road !". I believe that the genetic evidence corroborates this demographic stability in many areas away from the east and south-east. Best wishes, Stephen Hodge Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 INDOLOGY, "Stephen Hodge" <s.hodge@p...> wrote: > There is the BBC series "Meet the Ancestors". I think it was the first episode which featured the reconstruction of the face of somebody who lived around Cheddar several thousand years ago, using the man's skull. When it was finished and unveiled in the village hall at the need of the programme, there were murmurs of recognition -- "Ah, it looks just look old John down > the road !". I believe that the genetic evidence corroborates this > demographic stability in many areas away from the east and south- east. There were other experiments in and around Cheddar that also indicate that the population of that area is quite static. I remeber watching not long ago a documentary about a group of scientists who collected blood samples from highschool students of that area in order to check if the genetic code from some very ancient remains of a man found inside Cheddar Cavern would be similar to theirs. The odd thing was that, just in order to have an even number of samples, one of the teachers agreed to provide some of his blood as well. It turned out that HIS genetic sequence (if I'm not wrong) were almost identical to the man in the cave! Claudio Quintino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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