[Stones] Anglo-Saxon apartheid

[Ric]

Hi,
   
  as far as i am aware, intermarriage is the rule, rather than the exception. take my surname, it appears in both 'Anglo-Saxon' and 'Celtic' geographies within the British Isles
   
  additionally, there appear to be about as many *genetic theories* as there are those involved researching them - the only 'genetic story' i have been able to follow and can see - as a layman - the merits of, is the DNA breakthrough with regard to Cheddar Man and his contemporary and local relative. according to this current theory, such a remote continuation would be nigh impossible?
   
  as i understand it, the story of the Anglo-Saxon prominence in much of Britain from the 5th century on, was a result of continental developments in agriculture - basically, a revolutionary new plough design, which enabled the incomers to farm much greater areas of Britain than had been possible in Celtic times, with resulting increases in population, both here and in Europe.
   
  with regard to 'genes' i am sceptical - both the Anglo-Saxon and all Celtic languages are Indo-European in origin, and the same goes for Latin and Slavic. i cannot see how separate genes can be introduced into such an initially homogeneous scenario?
   
  i am have written to the author - let us all be enlightened, accordingly?
   
  ;-)
   
  ric
  

littlestone <littlestone at supanet.com> wrote:
          An interesting snippet of news on the radio this morning suggests that -
   
  "Foreign invaders of early Britain established a kind of apartheid society based on a 'racially segregated master-servant relationship'... Scientists believe that a small population of migrants from Germany, Holland and Denmark established a segregated society when they arrived in England from the 5th century. The researchers believe they have found evidence that the incoming population changed the local gene pool by using their economic advantage to out-breed the native population.
  The Anglo-Saxon genetic dominance has puzzled experts because some archaeological and historical evidence points to only a relatively small number of Anglo-Saxon migrants. Estimates range between 10,000 and 200,000 Anglo-Saxons migrating into England between the 5th and 7th Century AD, compared with a native population of about two million. 'The native Britons were genetically and culturally absorbed by the Anglo-Saxons over a period of as little as a few hundred years..."*
  Can't help wondering how much the Anglo-Saxons were influenced by the native peoples during those few hundred years... :-)
  * Full text at http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1182239.php/New_research_
  points_to_apartheid_in_early_Britain
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