Post #1898

A new research paper (preprint) on the spread of Celtic languages is out. It supports a Celtic migration into Britain. “In line with the theory that Celtic spread from Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age, we find Urnfield-related ancestry – specifically linked to the Knovíz subgroup to have formed between 4 and 3.2 kyr BP, and subsequently expanded across much of Western Europe between 3.2 and 2.8 kyr BP. This ancestry further persisted into the Hallstatt Culture of France, Germany and Austria, impacting Britain by 2.8 kyr BP and Iberia by 2.5 kyr BP.” Link to the study: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640770v2 @illyrianometer