{"id":1326,"date":"2022-01-03T12:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T12:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T12:41:16","slug":"new-mass-immigration-found-in-late-bronze-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/new-mass-immigration-found-in-late-bronze-age\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW MASS IMMIGRATION FOUND IN LATE BRONZE AGE."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-12.38.45.png\" alt=\"Screen shot of BBC web page announcing report of mass migration in the Bronze Age  discovered by DNA\" class=\"wp-image-1327\" width=\"364\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-12.38.45.png 705w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-12.38.45-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><figcaption>Screen shot of BBC web page<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This BBC article reports on a genetic discovery by the Francis Crick Institute, co-authored with Prof. Barry Cunliffe, which shows a new genetic trait arriving in Kent and then, after a pause, spreading throughout England.  It did not spread into Scotland and there is not enough data to show whether it moved into Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is possible that it either brought the Celtic language with it. Or did it bring the Brythonic version of Celtic to England, leaving Scotland and Ireland speaking the pre-existing Goidelic version of the language branch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article also discusses the spreading of a gene for tolerance to lactose which spread rapidly, suggesting it must have contributed greatly to genetic survival. They postulate some existential threat during the Bronze Age which allowed those who could drink milk to survive much better than those who did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-59741723\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-59741723<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This BBC article reports on a genetic discovery by the Francis Crick Institute, co-authored with Prof. Barry Cunliffe, which shows a new genetic trait arriving in Kent and then, after a pause, spreading throughout England. It did not spread into Scotland and there is not enough data to show whether it moved into Ireland. 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