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From: ellen Levy <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Neolithic J2 and E3b in Britain? Maybe not.
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:27:08 -0800 (PST)
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Steven:

There is very little archaeological evidence
concerning the transition from Mesolithic culture to
Neolithic farming in Britain or the impact of
indigenous acculturation versus colonization by
farmers. I don't think colonization, either on a small
or large scale, can be ruled out. According to Peter
Woodman, an archaeologist at University College, Cork,
there was an appearance of "almost uniform middle
Neolithic by 5000 BP," in England and therefore "it is
not surprising that there has been an almost unwritten
assumption that the beginning of the Neolithic in
Britain and Ireland was a phenomenon which began
throughout the whole region within a very short period
of time."

The problem, however, is assessing how the change took
place. If there was infiltration by groups of
farmers, the question would be: How would you be able
to determine what haplogroups they belonged to?

Ellen Coffman

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