{"product_id":"origins-of-the-british","title":"Origins Of The British","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''British prehistory will never look the same again.'' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Oppenheimer''s extraordinary scientific detective story combining genetics, linguistics, archaeology and historical record shatters the myths we have come to live by. It demonstrates that the Anglo-Saxon invasions contributed just a tiny fraction (5%) to the English gene pool. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo-thirds of the English people reveal an unbroken line of genetic descent from south-western Europeans arriving long before the first farmers. The bulk of the remaining third arrived between 7,000 and 3,000 years ago as part of long-term north-west European trade and immigration, especially from Scandinavia - and may have brought with them the earliest forms of English language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs for the Celts - the Irish, Scots and Welsh - history has traditionally placed their origins in Iron Age Central Europe. Oppenheimer''s genetic synthesis tells a different story. There is indeed a deep divide between the English and the rest of the British. But as this book reveals the division is many thousands of years older than previously thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Be prepared to have all your cherished notions of English history and Britishness swept away'' - Clive Gamble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317160812926,"sku":"NW9781845294823","price":13.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781845294823.jpg?v=1779883336","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/origins-of-the-british","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}