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The assumption that the word Armenia arose as a result of an error made in the manuscript cannot be presented as a fact. The real fact is what is written in the manuscript. The Britons are not the only ones who link their genealogy to Armenia. Such nations or ethnic groups include Bavarians, Etruscans, Basques, etc. Tags: Reverted references removed Visual edit |
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In 2021, a major [[archaeogenetics]] study uncovered a migration into southern Britain during the [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]], over a 500-year period from 1,300 BC to 800 BC.<ref name="Patterson">{{cite journal|last1=Patterson|first1=N.|last2=Isakov|first2=M.|last3=Booth|first3=T.|title=Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age|journal=Nature|date=2021|volume=601 |issue=7894 |pages=588–594 |doi=10.1038/s41586-021-04287-4|pmid=34937049 |pmc=8889665 |bibcode=2022Natur.601..588P }}</ref> The migrants were "genetically most similar to ancient individuals from France" and had higher levels of [[Early European Farmers]] ancestry.<ref name="Patterson"/> From 1000 to 875 BC, their genetic marker swiftly spread through southern Britain,<ref name="YorkUni">{{cite news |title=Ancient DNA study reveals large scale migrations into Bronze Age Britain |url=https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/research/ancient-dna-study-migration-bronze-age/ |access-date=21 January 2022 |publisher=[[University of York]] |date=22 December 2021}}</ref> making up around half the ancestry of subsequent [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] people in this area, but not in northern Britain.<ref name="Patterson"/> The "evidence suggests that rather than a violent invasion or a single migratory event, the genetic structure of the population changed through sustained contacts between mainland Britain and Europe over several centuries, such as the movement of traders, intermarriage, and small-scale movements of family groups".<ref name="YorkUni"/> The authors describe this as a "plausible vector for the spread of early Celtic languages into Britain".<ref name="Patterson"/> There was much less migration into Britain during the subsequent Iron Age, so it is more likely that Celtic reached Britain before then.<ref name="Patterson"/> Barry Cunliffe suggests that a branch of Celtic was already being spoken in Britain and that the Bronze Age migration introduced the Brittonic branch.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ancient mass migration transformed Britons' DNA |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59741723 |access-date=21 January 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
The ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', which was originally compiled by the orders of King [[Alfred the Great]] in approximately 890, starts with this sentence: "The island Britain is 800 miles long and 200 miles broad. And there are in the island five nations; English, Welsh (or British), Scottish, Pictish, and Latin. The first inhabitants were the Britons, who came from Armenia, and first peopled Britain southward"
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