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The genetic diversity across Italy is interesting (unlike that in Switzerland and Germany), even if possibly easily explained by the Roman Empire and following migrations. Note Hungary: traditional history tracks back "the Hungarians" across the Eurasian steppes and up to the Urals, but geneticists long discovered that those nomads are only a minority of the ancestors of today's Hungarians, with the mixing with and assimilation from local Slavic and Germanic populations dominant.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 05:22:16 AM EST
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It is typical of invaders to form a small military caste at the top. For most of history peasants were relatively unaffected by changes in ruling castes.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 05:37:59 AM EST
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interesting...

i read somewhere recently that the etruscans came originally from izmir, turkey!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 05:54:32 PM EST
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