What is the Genetic History of Britain and Ireland?

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What is the Genetic History of Britain and Ireland?

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 The Ice Age
0:42 Western Hunter Gatherers and Cheddar Man
1:45 Doggerland
2:06 The First Farmers
2:47 The Bell Beaker Culture
5:01 Ancient French Ancestry
5:50 The Romans
6:21 The Anglo-Saxons
8:00 The Vikings
9:57 The Normans

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Early European Farmers - Wikipedia

Neolithic Britain: where did the first farmers come from? | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)

Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. et al. The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature 555, 190–196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25738

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Ancient invaders transformed Britain, but not its DNA | New Scientist
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Patterson, N., Isakov, M., Booth, T. et al. Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Nature 601, 588–594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04287-4

Early migration from France may have brought Celtic languages to Britain | Science | AAAS

Celtic History Decoded - Viking Eye Color and DNA: What Was the Genetic Makeup of the Vikings? (youtube.com)

Gilbert, E., O’Reilly, S., Merrigan, M. et al. The Irish DNA Atlas: Revealing Fine-Scale Population Structure and History within Ireland. Sci Rep 7, 17199 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17124-4

Celtic History Decoded - Bell Beaker DNA: What Was the Genetic Makeup of the Culture that Changed Western Europe? (youtube.com)

Celtic History Decoded - Western Hunter Gatherers and the Evolution of Blue & Green Eyes… (youtube.com)

Celtic History Decoded - Who Were the First Farmers of Europe? (youtube.com)

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