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From: "R. & G. Stevens" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Megalith Builders
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:04:39 -0500
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From: "Joe Knapp" <>
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Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Megalith Builders



> But DNA research seems time and again to be exploding these ideas of
> take-no-prisoners invasions. It would seem there's much more of a
> continuity in the British Isles than thought previously. Maybe the
> druids have a claim to the megalith tradition.
>
> Joe
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I don't believe the traditional view that the Celts arrived in Britain as
invaders was ever described by any of its advocates as a "take-no-prisoners"
scenario.

The dna data from the British Isles is just that - data. One school of
thought interprets that data within a paradigm of continuity. It begins with
continuity and interprets the data accordingly.

I can see how the very same data could be interpreted to support the
traditional invasion scenario.

Who's right? I guess we won't know that until some real proof is found.

Rich

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