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The end of Roman Britain | 7. bones, diet and migrants

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Do You Think the D and a Evidence Is a Line or Not?

In the roman period, we see that men and women are coming in in roughly the same proportions from outside of britain. So it doesn't seem like the men are coming over in force and then bringing some women over. It seems to be y families coming over, because we have children with the signatures as well. But there are subtle differences a particularly in regions. In kent and east anglia, m is pretty much 50 50 with a men women. Or rather, i should say, at kent, it's 50 50 with men and women from inside and outside. And so essentially you've got roughly 50 % local for both men and women, and roughly 50%

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