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DEBUNKING: Anglo-Saxon diversity: Updown Girl

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Episode  ·  1:08:44  ·  Aug 15, 2025

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Anglo-Saxon England was racially diverse according to a new genetics paper 'West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset published in Antiquity journal. But is Duncan Sayer misrepresenting the evidence? How significant are two skeletons with 1/4 black ancestry and have they failed to notice middle eastern ancestry in Updown Girl?

1h 8m 44s  ·  Aug 15, 2025

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