Discuss how methodological advances can enhance or change our understanding of past events and consider how our ideas about the past affect attitudes and beliefs today.

Discuss how methodological advances can enhance or change our understanding of past events and consider how our ideas about the past affect attitudes and beliefs today.

Using only the articles listed below (and the links embedded in them), write a 1000 (minimum) – 1250 word essay that answers the following question:

How have recent methodological advances added to or changed our understanding of migration patterns and ancestry in Europe during the Neolithic-Bronze Age? What are some broader implications of these newer ideas?

ARTICLES

Lidz 2021 3,000 Years Ago, Britain Got Half Its Genes From … France?
Gorman 2020 The Vikings Were More Complicated Than You Might Think
Calloway 2017 Bronze-Age “Beaker Culture” Invaded Britain, Ancient-Genome Study Finds
Collard et al. 2021 Culture—Not Genetics—Was More Salient for Anglo-Saxons
Sayer 2018 Ten Skeletons Bury a Right-Wing Talking Point