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I didn't know that. In fact you are right they banned two players for starting the chant (one of whom was Morata which was in fact a favour made to Spain j/k) for one international match.

The real question to me is why do they even care of some rocks lost in the southern Atlantic inhabited by a handful of Britons who don't want to be Argentines. By the way Spain did the same when they won the Euros in 2024 with chants about Gibraltar being Spanish... If I were British I don't...

Last night it was apparent the difference between a team and just a group of very talented individuals. Also, on a purely technical level - treatment of the ball, Spain is by far the best team in this WC.

Beofore Hannibal I would only add Brennus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennus_(leader_of_the_Senones) Brennus’ sack of Rome created a lasting metus Gallicus, a deep fear of renewed Celtic invasion. The defeat produced humiliation and vulnerability, later reshaped through the heroic myth of...

I knew about Spain's pro-immigration policies well.

Compared with other European countries, Italy's wealth is highly uneven geographically. Northern Italy is broadly comparable to richer continental European regions, while much of Southern Italy is closer to the weaker European periphery. For example my wife is Spanish and compared with Spain...

Israel e "European country"? :unsure:

Not surprisingly the country with the starkest internal difference is Italy. It should also be considered that a lot of young southern Italians migrate to work in central and especially northern Italy, so a lot of those who stay are those who don't work nor study.

If memory serves, I find much more freakish (and suspicious of being wrong) the eye pigmentation results of a sample of 20 Etruscans where not even one of them had light eyes (or maybe one did...).

It probably varies a lot by region too.

If I go out to lunch, or attend a meeting with six or seven people — the same size as the sample considered here — it is entirely possible that half or more of them will have blue eyes. Naturally blond hair (not light brown) is rarer, even in such a small group, but there would still be a...

As you know, the relationship between DNA and phenotype is not always straightforward, given the potential impact of different admixture events, sexual selection, and other population-specific factors. To take a simple modern example, Italians and Spaniards have, on average, broadly similar...

I don't know, I wouldn't rule out those results in a sample of 6 or 7. In general, small samples have higher variance, so they are more likely to produce extreme results (law of small numbers).

Very interesting, thanks. The Umbrians were a very fascinating people.