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87 – Concubinage and Apartheid in Anglo Saxon England

The British History Podcast

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The Genetic Shift Between Anglo-Saxons and the British

We aren't seeing a distinct split between the two communities within England. But rather, it seems like they're mixed together in the same villages. And that suggests a cultural mingling. It probably started in those early days when the sub-Roman population was in chaos. Given the fact that power was centralizing around men at this point, we start to see an increase in Germanic Y-chromosome traits.

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