tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733351196079563561.post5622487804882689758..comments2024-01-23T13:28:34.769+00:00Comments on Gavin Macfie's 57 Degrees North: A brief history of Scotland up to 1000 BCAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12158098044713574248noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733351196079563561.post-67452594068662100532012-01-18T15:16:24.032+00:002012-01-18T15:16:24.032+00:00Hello Gavin
Great post. Thanks from a Scotophile ...Hello Gavin<br /><br />Great post. Thanks from a Scotophile dwelling in Southwest England.<br /><br />I wondered if you know Oppenheimer's 'The Origins of the British', and David Miles' 'The Tribes of Britain'? Useful preface/addenda to the work you mentioned.<br /><br />Rosellerosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733351196079563561.post-71683354394663899482012-01-11T17:39:16.721+00:002012-01-11T17:39:16.721+00:00Excellent summary and interesting to read.
There ...Excellent summary and interesting to read.<br /><br />There is a set of genetic markers which can be traced along a coastal route from Africa to Australia. Some small, ethnic groups in India and Malaysia still have these markers. Trouble is, they got swamped by late comers from the north, so it looks like there's a gap to sail across.<br /><br />Folks got to Australia fast because the wholeZedhttp://bloggerzed.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733351196079563561.post-77491479763220214932012-01-11T10:07:59.249+00:002012-01-11T10:07:59.249+00:00fascinating stuff, thanksfascinating stuff, thanksselfpoweredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690224905896399570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733351196079563561.post-42579947039664397572012-01-11T00:58:22.102+00:002012-01-11T00:58:22.102+00:00Hi Gavin.
Very interesting read.I seem to remember...Hi Gavin.<br />Very interesting read.I seem to remember a passage somewhere in a book that Australian aboriginals would have had to have sailed to Australia from a fair distance off as they do not seem to be related to any of the nearest island group inhabitants.Pretty good going in rafts or boats 58,000 years ago.They have no culture or interest in ocean sailing now.They were the most advanced blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.com