Stefan Milosavljevich

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@GrecoPhilistine The fault is mine for sure

@GrecoPhilistine I think in this particular moment he was referring to Scandinavia only. He did mention admixture in Eastern Europe but I cut it. Not sure exactly why I did that. I think I was trying not to get too bogged down in explaining the genetics of every region of Europe.

youtube.com/watch?v=_u3mul… I am asking all my mutuals and friends here on X to go and leave comments on this YouTube video, correcting Stefan Milo about his statements here on the transition from the European Neolithic to the Bronze Age, or doing so on X or via his website. Guy blocked me (which means my comments go into purgatory and no-one sees them), I imagine for some reason like complaining about the depiction of Palaeolithic Europeans as looking especially African in other videos, although this would've been some time ago and I don't remember the exact reason that's likely to have done it. It also wasn't a matter of me being genuinely angry at him; I can't prove they didn't look like that, to be fair, but I just think it's very very likely they didn't and I interpret this as a modern, politically-correct push. I regret raising whatever issue it happened to be, because I have, as I said, gotten myself blocked. I like Stefan's channel overall; he's a really good and responsible science communicator on the whole, and while from time-to-time I find myself disagreeing with odd points he or his guests make, I think his videos are valuable resources. He has a large audience, larger than Dan Davis' and Tom Rowsell's both, and basically every video he uploads hits six-figure view counts within a day. So in this video, which is about the evidence for plague during the tail end of the Neolithic, he, rather bizarrely, says that Europe was depopulated and that the incoming steppe herders didn't mix at all. That couldn't be wronger, as all my friends know: There were numerous mixture events between WSHs and EEFs; the mix with Globular Amphora being the most significant for many Europeans, but far from the only one. He also hypothesizes that Britain may have been completely empty... also absolutely not true and is a settled fact. He also misunderstands the nature of Sardinia, saying that it's a place where "rare" EEF ancestry can still be found. Unusual for a person generally as well-informed as him to get pretty basic facts egregiously wrong. I am asking people to correct the record because of his size, reach, and influence.

@GrecoPhilistine No problem, thank you for taking the time to watch the video and point out where I went wrong. I’ll look into this because I will admit, “the context” part of the video I wasn’t 100% happy with. My mentioning of Sardinia in text only was a poor way to insert the nuance.

Hi Stefan, thanks for taking the time to respond to my tag. I appreciate it a lot, and that we can discuss the facts together. The main issues I am concerned about are: 1)The way mixture was discussed in Europe, which was quite substantial 2) The way the population history of Britain was discussed, as we know that pre-Beaker Folk Britons indeed persisted to meet & mix with the incoming Beaker Folk 3) The description of Sardinia as being a refugium for “rare” Neolithic ancestry — it’s more the Sardinia is notable for lacking a heavy steppe contribution than that it harbours ancestry which has been supplanted elsewhere Thank you very much for coming to my politically-loaded, bombastically-coloured X page to discuss these issues, though. Cheers, and I did think the video was phenomenal regarding the evidence for plague

@GrecoPhilistine The scope of the video. I am aware of the admixing in Eastern Europe. So I could’ve got the presentation of this one wrong. Let me take a look and I’ll make a correction.

@GrecoPhilistine Hi there, not sure if I did hide your comments but I will admit it’s possible. I’ll look into this and consider making a correction. I think the problem may stem from the fact that I had originally thought to call the video Britain’s Prehistoric plague and then decided to change

So true.

@beatmastermatt @IAmMrsBeat Happy birthday!

@IAmMrsBeat Thanks sweetie

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@ancientcraftUK @emmalouwynjones Wow incredible, do you have any photos of the finger prints?

During the Neolithic, people dug mines to source larger nodules of flint. The pits were dug with antler picks that could easily break through the soft chalk. Some have been found with finger prints at the handle end from the miners who lived 5000 years ago. 📷 @emmalouwynjones

@DaliborMarceta I did, it was great, really entertaining stuff

@Historysmilo did you watch Ed Bernhardt with Lex? Classy. You could do episode about South America together.

@thebristolboard @MariDehasque Thanks Neil, I try my best

@Historysmilo @MariDehasque Excellent work stefan, love your YouTube videos, keep up the great work!!

New video! How many mammoths were trapped on Wrangel island (shickongly few)? How much did their population grow (a lot)? What caused their extinction??? Myself and geneticist @MariDehasque discuss her latest research into the last of the ice age giants.

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@IanKarmel The bruvs know the answer is marmite.

Dill Pickles.

@ancientcraftUK @StanwickLakes @emmalouwynjones A boat big enough to take a stone from Scotland to Stonehenge!

Something ends, something begins... What an amazing project to build the Bronze Age Boats at @StanwickLakes. So what next? Do we think about another boat? Perhaps a prehistoric jetty/walkway? Or something bigger? So what would you like to see being built? 📸 @emmalouwynjones

@jtlewis_arch I picked archaeology with JT, because 1 seems to be a reference to pseudo archaeology and it’s a shame to let your opponents define you even in a small way.

@MattSibson It deffo could be an erratic, that being said there’s good evidence that people did travel that far in the Neolithic.

My initial thoughts on the #Stonehenge altar stone story (Updated): 1) Yes, geologically the stone originated in Northern Scotland, but that does not mean it was brought to Stonehenge by people dragging it. It seems illogical and unlikely. 2) In 2020, scientists mapped glacial erratics in Northern England to show the movement of prehistoric ice sheets from Eastern Scotland, through the North Sea and into Northern and Eastern England (22,000 years ago). 3) In the Anglian Ice age (450,000 years ago) ice sheets moved east away from Scotland into the North Sea basin, down to England and continued to move SW into central southern England. 4) Therefore, I think it’s reasonable to suggest the Neolithic people found the altar stone as a glacial erratic, and didn’t have to move it too far. 5) We have no idea whatsoever how far the Neolithic people moved the altar stone - we only know its geological origin, and where it stands today.

@MattSibson Almost an ancient architect yourself! Happy birthday!

Today I am 42 years old. And yes, this post is purely attention seeking.