Friday, February 29th, 2008
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 17,153
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Re: English are not Britons
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Originally Posted by Lutiferre
In the Y DNA haplogroup map I provided, it seems yes that the R1b level decreases as you move eastwards. However, the general R1b level in England is much higher than that of any Germanic country
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Still it might point to a significative genetic regional division.
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the only exception being Denmark which similarly has a level of 50% or over in most studies.
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I've found Denmark's levels of R1b puzzling, since I first noticed them. What would you speculate as to its reasons? A sediment of the Cimbri and related peoples?
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