How the Neanderthals became the Basques (2002)(aoi.com.au)
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How the Neanderthals became the Basques (2002)
http://aoi.com.au/bcw/neanderbasque.htm
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I don't think this is credible. (And in some places it's semi-crazy.) Just off the top of my head, the population that has the most DNA in common with Neanderthals is not Basques but Tuscans. This article summarizes a much more plausible theory: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34175224
Seems another case of nationalism needs myths, so lets build some to explain why are the choosen ones.
The article don't even knows where to locate the basque region in the map
The article don't even knows where to locate the basque region in the map
South west of France / nord est of Spain.
> "Some Neanderthal sites. Note concentration in the Basque area"
Then they proceed to show a map with neanderthal sites concentrated to the West and North of Bordeaux. Only a few locations near the frontier in the south of Nouvelle Aquitaine could be really included in the current basque culture, that is posterior and southern, and none of then appear marked as Neanderthal sites in the map. If Nouvelle Occitaine is the same as Basque, then UK would be Italians, as it was part of the Roman empire in some period of its history.
Then they proceed to show a map with neanderthal sites concentrated to the West and North of Bordeaux. Only a few locations near the frontier in the south of Nouvelle Aquitaine could be really included in the current basque culture, that is posterior and southern, and none of then appear marked as Neanderthal sites in the map. If Nouvelle Occitaine is the same as Basque, then UK would be Italians, as it was part of the Roman empire in some period of its history.
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