2min chapter

Tides of History cover image

Headhunting, Migration, and Ancient DNA in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Ian Armit

Tides of History

CHAPTER

The Origins of Early Farmers and Mesolithic Hunter-Gaherers

Ancient DNA is simply the answer to that question. It was the arrival of people from the continent and there was a massive genetic tunnel. But now we can start to get a little bit under the surface of that, and we can see that there's some regional variation. In Western Scotland, for example, North Western Scotland, it's the one area in Britain where we've got a few individuals in those early samples who've significant hunter-gatherers ancestry.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode