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> There's quite a bit more evidence than that: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1464209/Borders-folk-may-be-descended-from-Africans.html http://www.tele
by bergoid 9y ago
> There's quite a bit more evidence than that:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1464209/Borders-folk-may-be-descended-from-Africans.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1464209/Borders-folk-...
A unit of "Moors". Again, Mediterranean looking North Africans. Despite the misleading title.
> It does no such thing. Can you point to any reputable scholar who is prepared to state such an "upper bound"?
Of course not. The evidence is so thin it wasn't even up for useful scholarly debate.
- foldr 9y agoThere are plenty of people in North Africa who have dark skin. See e.g. the following photo that vidarh linked to in another comment: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingetjetadros/4603950662 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingetjetadros/4603950662 The term "Moor" does not translate precisely to any modern ethnic term, and is perfectly compatible with dark skin. In fact, the article notes that "The unit is likely to have been composed of Berbers from North Africa, but may also have had darker-skinned soldiers from Nubia."