Posted on 05/03/2022 7:36:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A new phenomenon of constructing distinctive funerary monuments, collectively known as megalithic tombs, emerged around 4500 BCE along the Atlantic façade. The megalithic phenomenon has attracted interest and speculation since medieval times. In particular, the origin, dispersal dynamics, and the role of these constructions within the societies that built them have been debated. We generate genome sequence data from 24 individuals buried in five megaliths and investigate the population history and social dynamics of the groups that buried their dead in megalithic monuments across northwestern Europe in the fourth millennium BCE. Our results show kin relations among the buried individuals and an overrepresentation of males, suggesting that at least some of these funerary monuments were used by patrilineal societies.
Paleogenomic and archaeological studies show that Neolithic lifeways spread from the Fertile Crescent into Europe around 9000 BCE, reaching northwestern Europe by 4000 BCE. Starting around 4500 BCE, a new phenomenon of constructing megalithic monuments, particularly for funerary practices, emerged along the Atlantic façade. While it has been suggested that the emergence of megaliths was associated with the territories of farming communities, the origin and social structure of the groups that erected them has remained largely unknown.
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Authors -- Federico Sánchez-Quinto, Helena Malmström, Magdalena Fraser, Linus Girdland-Flink, Emma M. Svensson, Luciana G. Simões, Robert George, Nina Hollfelder, Göran Burenhult, Gordon Noble, Kate Britton, Sahra Talamo, Neil Curtis, Hana Brzobohata, Radka Sumberova, Anders Götherström, Jan Storå, and Mattias Jakobsson.
So tribal chiefs became hereditary nobles — who’d a thunk it.
What do you think of Randall Carlson?
I’ve seen him on Rogan (YT vids and snips), he speaks well, he’s catastrophist, perhaps goes on too long, and I’m not sure about his wheat/chaff separation. He’s on good terms with some of my favorite fringe writers, and doesn’t generally go all-in on some of the absurd stuff that seems to suck in a lot of that croud.
I wholeheartedly agree with his “where was Atlantis” view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdqX09zZNf8
I’m 43 episodes into his Kosmographia podcast and find it very interesting. I sit around way too often wishing I had a time machine.
Archaeologists in Prague uncover ancient Neolithic structure
09/06/2022
https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-prague-uncover-ancient-neolithic-structure-8760696
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