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Why Would Anyone Be Surprised

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:20 am
by Minimalist
by these findings? This area has been overrun repeatedly and with some of the most fertile farmland in Europe is a prize worth taking for as long as you can hold it.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2 ... 51706.html

For the first time, Stanford researchers have used novel statistical computer modeling to simulate demographic processes affecting the population of Tuscany over a 2,500-year time span. Rigorous tests used by the researchers have ruled out a genetic link between ancient Etruscans, the early inhabitants of central Italy, and the region's modern day residents.