microrobert
06-23-2013, 01:21 PM
Snails Reveal Ancient Human Migration from France to Ireland
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A genetic study of snails, combined with other factors, suggests a migration of Mesolithic peoples from the Pyrenees to Ireland.
A recent study of the mitochondrial DNA of the Cepaea nemoralisland snail, a snail curiously common only between Ireland and the Pyrenees region of Southern France, has led researchers to conclude the possibility that ancient Mesolithic people carried the fauna with them in a migration from the French region to Ireland about 8,000 years ago.
Popular Archaeology (http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/snails-reveal-ancient-human-migration-from-france-to-ireland)
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A genetic study of snails, combined with other factors, suggests a migration of Mesolithic peoples from the Pyrenees to Ireland.
A recent study of the mitochondrial DNA of the Cepaea nemoralisland snail, a snail curiously common only between Ireland and the Pyrenees region of Southern France, has led researchers to conclude the possibility that ancient Mesolithic people carried the fauna with them in a migration from the French region to Ireland about 8,000 years ago.
Popular Archaeology (http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/snails-reveal-ancient-human-migration-from-france-to-ireland)