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How very timely: "Origins of the Irish down to mass migration, ancient DNA confirms"
The study found R1b in Ireland to be the result of mass immigration (and not elite dominance).
http://www.theguardian.com/science/...ass-migration-ancient-dna-confirms?CMP=twt_gu
This is consistent with what I posted about the rather prosaic explanations for current distributions. Hunter gatherers started with small population sizes. Cereal farmers had medium. The influx of herders, with a ready supply of meat, and milk, and cereals had larger population sizes. And mass migration.
Full link to study here:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/12/22/1518445113.full.pdf
From the article:
"These people [bearing R1b] also brought with them the inherited variation that permits the digestion of milk in maturity.
The study found R1b in Ireland to be the result of mass immigration (and not elite dominance).
http://www.theguardian.com/science/...ass-migration-ancient-dna-confirms?CMP=twt_gu
This is consistent with what I posted about the rather prosaic explanations for current distributions. Hunter gatherers started with small population sizes. Cereal farmers had medium. The influx of herders, with a ready supply of meat, and milk, and cereals had larger population sizes. And mass migration.
Full link to study here:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/12/22/1518445113.full.pdf
From the article:
"These people [bearing R1b] also brought with them the inherited variation that permits the digestion of milk in maturity.