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From: "Eric Olson" <>
Subject: [DNA] FW: RE: Megalith builders
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:55:10 -0700


>
> Wikipedia says... (?)
>
> Most archaeologists agree the Megaliths of Western Europe were spread by
a homogenous culture that used the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic
Seaboard to spread. British Archaeologist Sir Barrington Cunliffe has
written extensively and mapped the extent of this culture. Recent genetic
tests confirm that a small percentage of males in each town where a
megalith is located bear an extremely rare marker on Y-Chromosome
Haplogroup I, subclade M26. Some have posited this marker tracks the spread
of the megalithic cultural elite, as its far-flung and otherwise random
distribution is otherwise inexplicable. (Gatto, et. al., 2007)
>
> Eric Olson
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Didier Vernade <>
> > To: <>
> > Date: 6/3/2007 1:46:33 AM
> > Subject: [DNA] Megalith builders
> >
> >
> > I recently updated my knowledge on megaliths. The earliest known
megaliths
> > have been dated as early as 4500 B.C. and the "megalithic culture"
stayed
> > around for 2 millenniums. Were the initiators (6500 years ago) R1b
people ?
> > What other haplogroup could they be ? The distribution of megaliths
along the
> > western coast of Europe from Portugal to Ireland is pretty much in
accordance
> > with R1b. What do you think ? Besides, something dramatic must have
occured
> > in these tribes to lead to such buildings. I am french and I nether
learned
> > anything precise on these subjects at school : too mysterious may be.
Any
> > idea ?
> >
> > Didier
> >
> >
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