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How the Neanderthals became the Basques (2002)
- xhevahir 4y agoI don't think this is credible. (And in some places it's semi-crazy.) Just off the top of my head, the population that has the most DNA in common with Neanderthals is not Basques but Tuscans. This article summarizes a much more plausible theory: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34175224 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34175224
- pvaldes 4y agoSeems another case of nationalism needs myths, so lets build some to explain why are the choosen ones. The article don't even knows where to locate the basque region in the map
- dopidopHN 4y agoSouth west of France / nord est of Spain.
- pvaldes 4y ago> "Some Neanderthal sites. Note concentration in the Basque area" Then they proceed to show a map with neanderthal sites concentrated to the West and North of Bordeaux. Only a few locations near the frontier in the south of Nouvelle Aquitaine could be really included in the current basque culture, that is posterior and southern, and none of then appear marked as Neanderthal sites in the map. If Nouvelle Occitaine is the same as Basque, then UK would be Italians, as it was part of the Roman empire in some period of its history.
- DAVer98 4y ago
- NelsonMinar 4y agoYou might want to reconsider identifying the Jews or any other minority group as a different subspecies. Particularly given your stated complete ignorance.
- NelsonMinar 4y ago