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March 22, 2015
anglo-saxon burials and genetics in england
here's a map (on the left) of anglo-saxon burial sites of the 5th to 7th centuries from "Anglo-Saxon immigration and ethnogenesis" compared to the distribution of the eastern, central, and southern...
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March 22, 2015
free cornwall now!
the long-awaited genetic ancestry mapping of the u.k. by the wellcome trust has finally been completed (hurrah!) -- it's very, very cool! -- and it confirms what everyone has always known: the corn...
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March 22, 2015
what's in a name?
we've all seen headlines like this... The 13-year-old Belgian boy fighting in Syria ...only to click through and find that this "belgian's" name is younes abaaoud and his parents are (or at least h...
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March 16, 2015
beaker
speaking of the bell-beaker people(s), this (or this shape anyway)... ...just looks like a d*mn fine milking vessel! if it's big enough (i didn't actually bother to check how big this particular be...
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March 14, 2015
happy pi year day!
the only thing better than a pi year (and a pi instant) is pi day in a pi year falling on a saturday star wars day!! all the stars are aligned. nothing could possibly be better! =D (except for mayb...
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March 9, 2015
quick review of frost and harpending on genetic pacification of europeans
a very quick review! this isn't really even a review, but just me noting a couple of points regarding peter frost and henry harpending's new (and very cool!) paper Western Europe, State Formation, ...
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March 9, 2015
random note: 03/09/15
if you haven't been following along (or even if you have), you may not know that one of the little mysteries here on the blog has been why did the franks abandon cousin marriage in the 800s? in the...
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March 7, 2015
my politics
funnily enough, i get quite a few emails and direct messages (on twitter) asking me about my political stances on various issues. on the one hand, i can't see why anyone on earth should care what i...
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March 6, 2015
random notes: 03/06/15
oooooooohhhhhhhh! from Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus’ in the Medieval World, 988-1146 [pgs. 58-60]: "The medieval period pre-1215 was an especially interesting time in the history of consanguinity...
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March 4, 2015
thou shalt not be a freier!
supermisdreavus pointed me to this article yesterday: It's a Sin to Be a Sucker in Israel. what an amusing read! =P if this is NOT an example of clannish behavior in israeli jews (i would bet mostl...
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March 3, 2015
east vs. west?
so! i tallied up all the responses to do you think like a westerner? and the repeat (see bottom of post for the results). (^_^) this was definitely fun, but the results here don't tell us a whole l...
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March 1, 2015
when in rome?
(note: i'll post the punch line to the do you think like a westerner? post tomorrow. (^_^) ) further to my notion that various jewish populations have tended to imitate the mating patterns (eg. cou...
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February 28, 2015
live long and prosper
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February 28, 2015
do you think like a westerner? (repeat)
i offered up this little pop quiz back in 2013, and i'm resurrecting it 'cause i want to talk about this some more. first, the quiz: in which group does the flower at the bottom belong: group a or ...
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February 26, 2015
the one where i draw squiggly lines all over the welzel-inglehart cultural map
the welzel-inglehart cultural map 2015: and with the hajnal line drawn on it (the hajnal line bisects some countries): and with father's brother's daughter marriage nations outlined: that is all. (...
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