Comments by "jorge luis barrios mur" (@jorgebarriosmur) on "The Entire History of Neolithic Britain and Ireland (4000 - 2500 BC) | Ancient History Documentary" video.

  1. One can speculate about the colonisation process, looking at the colonisation of America. The hunters gatherers faced probably a wave of desease brought unknowningly by the farmers ( living close with animals created a whole new spectrum of deseases for humans). This made the islands seem probably more "empty" (the where already sparely ocuppied, compared to continental Europe) and ready for colonisation. The sheer numbers of colonisation, and the destruction of the enviroment necesary to sustain the hunter/gatherer style of live (they needed a LOT of space to feed the same number of people colonisators could sustain just with the production of one small field) made the rest. I mean, a particular tribe, or several could succed from time to time in repelling the colonisation in their territories, but over the centuries, they had to face one wave after another, and just loosing one time the strugle, was enough to get wiped out. The last of them, in the north of the island probably knew their fate, the same way the last free tribes in America knew it....
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  2.  @DanDavisHistory  I have absolut no faith in the capacity of humanity to NOT take advantage of another group if they are able to, so I supose, the genetic intermix, and posible cultural influence in the colonisation of Europe, had their origin in the normal procces of absorbing a conquered an subdued culture/population, that offered enough resitance to not get wiped out at the first contact.
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