Ancient English DNA shows mass migration

Ancient DNA extracted from skeletons in burial sites across England shows evidence of mass migration from Europe and movement of people from as far as West Africa, challenging perceptions that English ancestors lived in small elite groups, archaeologists have said.

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[thomasbramwell]

Yes weve know this for years?
Where do you think the Saxons and Normans came from?

[Not.Me]

So what. The Romans ruled Britain for around 2 hundred years. They brought slaves from around the world in large numbers. The Frisians, Danes and Norse traded as far away as Constantinople and brought slaves and items from the silk road to trade with Saxons and Cornish peoples. This is nothing new.

[richardcharman]

The dna tests that those tracing family history have contributed already provide massive conclusive evidence held in databases showing such trends.