Small Mammals Have A 'Celtic Fringe' Too
Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 23:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The origin of the "Celtic fringe" of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the Northern and Western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy. But new research into the movement of small mammals, such as voles and shrews, at the end of the last Ice Age, could provide important new clues to resolve the debate.