DNA from skeletons reveals where first people to call themselves English came from Tags:United Kingdom 8 comments Spoiler: yes, these mysterious “English” people lived in – you guessed it – England. The actual article is quite interesting though. >The research…has found they largely descended from northern Europeans, mainly Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. Well that was a bit anticlimactic. Those skeletons look like the Mars Attacks aliens. Also, this doesn’t sound like a big reveal, our ancestry is already common knowledge. Whatever you do. Don’t say they came over in boats… I don’t think ukip brexiteers will be able to handle that [Typical foreigners coming over here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a17duTUK6qw)… ETA: ooh, I pissed off a second racist! Team rationalist **2** – Team nationalist **0**. “first people to call themselves English” implies that the people excavated referred to themselves as being English. I’m not sure that’s something you can tell from DNA. Have they identified a “complain about the weather” gene? Good to see we’ve progressed from turning people into skeletons to simply arresting them and throwing them in jail First time I’ve thought a skeleton actually looks like a kid. Looks like they’re two siblings sleeping together. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Spoiler: yes, these mysterious “English” people lived in – you guessed it – England. The actual article is quite interesting though.
>The research…has found they largely descended from northern Europeans, mainly Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. Well that was a bit anticlimactic.
Those skeletons look like the Mars Attacks aliens. Also, this doesn’t sound like a big reveal, our ancestry is already common knowledge.
Whatever you do. Don’t say they came over in boats… I don’t think ukip brexiteers will be able to handle that
[Typical foreigners coming over here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a17duTUK6qw)… ETA: ooh, I pissed off a second racist! Team rationalist **2** – Team nationalist **0**.
“first people to call themselves English” implies that the people excavated referred to themselves as being English. I’m not sure that’s something you can tell from DNA. Have they identified a “complain about the weather” gene?
Good to see we’ve progressed from turning people into skeletons to simply arresting them and throwing them in jail
First time I’ve thought a skeleton actually looks like a kid. Looks like they’re two siblings sleeping together.
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Spoiler: yes, these mysterious “English” people lived in – you guessed it – England.
The actual article is quite interesting though.
>The research…has found they largely descended from northern Europeans, mainly Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Well that was a bit anticlimactic.
Those skeletons look like the Mars Attacks aliens. Also, this doesn’t sound like a big reveal, our ancestry is already common knowledge.
Whatever you do. Don’t say they came over in boats… I don’t think ukip brexiteers will be able to handle that
[Typical foreigners coming over here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a17duTUK6qw)…
ETA: ooh, I pissed off a second racist!
Team rationalist **2** – Team nationalist **0**.
“first people to call themselves English” implies that the people excavated referred to themselves as being English.
I’m not sure that’s something you can tell from DNA. Have they identified a “complain about the weather” gene?
Good to see we’ve progressed from turning people into skeletons to simply arresting them and throwing them in jail
First time I’ve thought a skeleton actually looks like a kid. Looks like they’re two siblings sleeping together.