I’m enjoying this series. I appreciate even the improvement of video editing. That’s a skill to be learned for sure. For example, I liked the dimming of the background music. You also took that critique about the music volume very nicely.
Thanks so much for your kind words! Honestly I appreciated everyone's feedback and whilst, as with anything online, there were diametrically opposing views on the matter, I hope the compromise I made here worked for people. As you say, video making's a skill and as I am learning, any and all feedback is genuinely appreciated (so long as it's polite, which shouldn't need saying but alas...). That said, I hope as I continue to get better people can still enjoy the content on that journey and I stand by the research that's gone into it! I wanted to fill a void on UA-cam as Kernow, like many different regions and cultures of the world, remains astoundingly unrepresented online outside of its associated stereotypes and some highly academic articles.
The footage in your videos is breathtaking. My heart literally speeds up, it’s so awesome to behold. I’m a history fanatic, and have really enjoyed your videos I’ve seen so far! Thanks for putting out such interesting and lovely videos.
Awww thanks so much that's really appreciated, and yeah definitely check out the channels I tag in my descriptions if you want to see more gorgeous footage. There's some really wonderful stuff out there and I'm very lucky they gave me permission to use it all. And glad I can scratch that history itch! xD
I think that's one thing that unites many people who grew up on the coast wherever in the world that was, there's a certain unique beauty and feel to it that really sparks that nostalgic sense of home. You'll have to make your way back there one day, from what I hear from my friend from Victoria the Island is absolutely stunning!
@@thekernewekpenguin Yep I live on Lake Ontario now which is still nice but it's not the ocean! Yes Victoria is beautiful for a North American city. Great place to live and little warmer than most of Canada
Proper job. Damn lucky to find your channel. Subscribed, too. I'm 65. These days I live up over the Tamar. I emmigrated after Crofty closed. I love Kernow, but not how it's been over-populated and, in many cases, chronically usurped. I live right out in the sticks on the Wrelsh/English border country. I like it where I'm to. It's more like olde Kernow-life used to be. Mind you, we and the South-West and West Welsh share brevish history. Granny on Dad's side was a Thomas. Pappy and Gran on Mum's side were South-East Eire, and Dad's line came over from Brittany with The Conqueror; many moons ago. No Sowsnek in me so far as I know. Mrs is Welsh and our children are wild as fitchers in a beaker of blood😎🏴☠✊👍
I have made a video specifically covering the Isles of Scilly's prehistory but, no, I don't think I'll ever do one comparing it with Sicily. Aside from their name and location relative to the rest of their country I don't think there is anything that is similar about them moreso than other islands or parts of Europe. I think if anything Scilly is best compared with the other outlying isles of Britain and Island. That said, never say never. I'm by no means an expert on Sicily and maybe I'll come across something on my reading that changes my mind on this! 😉
The beaker people certainly did not create an uptake in the building if great stone monuments The megalithic structures and that culture reached its apogee just as the beaker people came in and relatively rapidly replaced that society. The beaker society was more individualistic, unlike the neolithic builders who were led by a aristo class. No way are the flash new incomers going to work for the man !
Well for Kernow at least, this would be fairly disputed territory - I wouldn't claim to know enough to talk about Britain at large though I do know they are credited for *some* major megalithic projects. Much (by no means all) of Kernow's Megaliths come from the Late Neolithic/Bronze Age so far as we can tell - Many of those are believed to fall within the Beaker phenomenon range (2200-1800 BCE in Britain). With some coming before the Late Neolithic and some during the Iron Age. In my video I state that it's hard to know the true connection between these beaker newcomers and the Megaliths that are built in Kernow, but there is definitely correlation between a so called Beaker Age and not just an uptick in Megalith construction in Kernow, but specifically many new types of Megaliths appearing. It could just be a coincidence, there are plenty of stranger coincidences out there, however I do think it'd be wrong to entirely rule out these Beaker peoples bringing new practices and ideas in megalithic construction, just as they do with pottery and metalworking. The main thing is that we don't know, so I try to be careful to leave open the possibility for anything, whilst drawing attention to a comparison that can be made between the dates for both broad beaker arrivals in Britain and broad megalithic constructions in Kernow. I hope that helps explain my point further, do let me know if not (and thanks so much for watching :) )!
Yep you're right, I think the estimations I've heard are 2 million, to varying degrees, of Cornish descent over there so many can trace at least a small part of their ancestral history to these cliffs! Similar to those of Irish descent vs those actually in Ireland today, there are far more of Cornish descent there than Cornish in Cornwall today.
Sadly this remains a big mystery both for Europe and Britain at large, as well as Kernow specifically. We know it happened, but why and how are still being argued. But it used to be up for debate whether there even was a great replacement of the population or not, so we are inching ever closer to the truth!
I'm by no means an expert on Bell-Beaker origins, so pinch of salt 😉 BUT from what I know and understand, beaker people (or specifically their ancestors, primarily the corded ware people) and the Yamnaya steppe people are from different haplogroups that intermixed but show different migrations and genetics happening contemporaneously with each other. So whilst 'We' (or some percentage of us at least) are their descendants, the bell beakers and corded ware people were mixing with them but not themselves directly descended from them. It seems the generations after that trace their lineage to the Yamnaya steppe people. Again, from what I know. It's been a while since I made this video and studied those migrations so pinch of salt definitely required. As for the Sun, well... I tend to disregard its opinions anyway 😂 but yes most likely the sun would not be favourable to them. Which is simewhat ironic as whether it's a Celtic journalist or Anglo-Saxon journalist, neither is native to these shores, at least compared to these earlier cultures anyhow.
@@thekernewekpenguin The last decade we learnt from dna sequencing that only 3 kind of people populated Europe: WHG, anatolian farmers and yamnaya. Bell-Beaker, corded people etc. only about pottery usage by archeologist.
Ahaha a valid point! My assumption when researching that question was if there was no great replacement visible from the beaker period, then it likely occurred much more slowly over time with Cornish populations mixing with the rest of Britain given, as you say, we look about the same as anyone. I had an inkling that Kernow would follow the same pattern as Europe and Britain at large but was trying to find some credible evidence to either prove or disprove that, which was tricky. In the end the study I found did help provide evidence for Kernow being more in line with British trends, but as I say in the video it's still conjecture - I would be interested in a potential future study looking into how much Bronze Age and Iron Age DNA in Kernow was Neolithic and compare that to the European average to get better insight on what happened more locally. But these things are tedious and expensive, moreso considering Kernow's soil being problematic for human remains, so such a study is sadly unlikely to occur anytime soon...
I’m enjoying this series. I appreciate even the improvement of video editing. That’s a skill to be learned for sure. For example, I liked the dimming of the background music. You also took that critique about the music volume very nicely.
Thanks so much for your kind words! Honestly I appreciated everyone's feedback and whilst, as with anything online, there were diametrically opposing views on the matter, I hope the compromise I made here worked for people. As you say, video making's a skill and as I am learning, any and all feedback is genuinely appreciated (so long as it's polite, which shouldn't need saying but alas...).
That said, I hope as I continue to get better people can still enjoy the content on that journey and I stand by the research that's gone into it! I wanted to fill a void on UA-cam as Kernow, like many different regions and cultures of the world, remains astoundingly unrepresented online outside of its associated stereotypes and some highly academic articles.
The footage in your videos is breathtaking. My heart literally speeds up, it’s so awesome to behold. I’m a history fanatic, and have really enjoyed your videos I’ve seen so far! Thanks for putting out such interesting and lovely videos.
Awww thanks so much that's really appreciated, and yeah definitely check out the channels I tag in my descriptions if you want to see more gorgeous footage. There's some really wonderful stuff out there and I'm very lucky they gave me permission to use it all. And glad I can scratch that history itch! xD
Really enjoying your content on my heritage. Yes, I was born the right side of the Tamar. 👍
Very interesting!
I miss living near the ocean. Footage is making me nostalgic for when I lived on Vancouver Island Canada.
I think that's one thing that unites many people who grew up on the coast wherever in the world that was, there's a certain unique beauty and feel to it that really sparks that nostalgic sense of home. You'll have to make your way back there one day, from what I hear from my friend from Victoria the Island is absolutely stunning!
@@thekernewekpenguin Yep I live on Lake Ontario now which is still nice but it's not the ocean! Yes Victoria is beautiful for a North American city. Great place to live and little warmer than most of Canada
Proper job. Damn lucky to find your channel. Subscribed, too. I'm 65. These days I live up over the Tamar. I emmigrated after Crofty closed. I love Kernow, but not how it's been over-populated and, in many cases, chronically usurped. I live right out in the sticks on the Wrelsh/English border country. I like it where I'm to. It's more like olde Kernow-life used to be. Mind you, we and the South-West and West Welsh share brevish history. Granny on Dad's side was a Thomas. Pappy and Gran on Mum's side were South-East Eire, and Dad's line came over from Brittany with The Conqueror; many moons ago. No Sowsnek in me so far as I know. Mrs is Welsh and our children are wild as fitchers in a beaker of blood😎🏴☠✊👍
Just checked: Kernow I n.f Cornwall II n.m *Kernowyon* Cornishman
*kernowek* adj Cornish (from SWF dictionary).
Have you ever thought about comparing the Scilly Island with Scicilly Island?
I have made a video specifically covering the Isles of Scilly's prehistory but, no, I don't think I'll ever do one comparing it with Sicily. Aside from their name and location relative to the rest of their country I don't think there is anything that is similar about them moreso than other islands or parts of Europe.
I think if anything Scilly is best compared with the other outlying isles of Britain and Island.
That said, never say never. I'm by no means an expert on Sicily and maybe I'll come across something on my reading that changes my mind on this! 😉
The beaker people certainly did not create an uptake in the building if great stone monuments
The megalithic structures and that culture reached its apogee just as the beaker people came in and relatively rapidly replaced that society.
The beaker society was more individualistic, unlike the neolithic builders who were led by a aristo class.
No way are the flash new incomers going to work for the man !
Well for Kernow at least, this would be fairly disputed territory - I wouldn't claim to know enough to talk about Britain at large though I do know they are credited for *some* major megalithic projects. Much (by no means all) of Kernow's Megaliths come from the Late Neolithic/Bronze Age so far as we can tell - Many of those are believed to fall within the Beaker phenomenon range (2200-1800 BCE in Britain). With some coming before the Late Neolithic and some during the Iron Age. In my video I state that it's hard to know the true connection between these beaker newcomers and the Megaliths that are built in Kernow, but there is definitely correlation between a so called Beaker Age and not just an uptick in Megalith construction in Kernow, but specifically many new types of Megaliths appearing. It could just be a coincidence, there are plenty of stranger coincidences out there, however I do think it'd be wrong to entirely rule out these Beaker peoples bringing new practices and ideas in megalithic construction, just as they do with pottery and metalworking.
The main thing is that we don't know, so I try to be careful to leave open the possibility for anything, whilst drawing attention to a comparison that can be made between the dates for both broad beaker arrivals in Britain and broad megalithic constructions in Kernow. I hope that helps explain my point further, do let me know if not (and thanks so much for watching :) )!
Lots of folks in parts of America have fair to high levels of Cornish DNA, I don't know the actual percentage but quite interesting.
Yep you're right, I think the estimations I've heard are 2 million, to varying degrees, of Cornish descent over there so many can trace at least a small part of their ancestral history to these cliffs! Similar to those of Irish descent vs those actually in Ireland today, there are far more of Cornish descent there than Cornish in Cornwall today.
How did the replacement happen.
Sadly this remains a big mystery both for Europe and Britain at large, as well as Kernow specifically. We know it happened, but why and how are still being argued. But it used to be up for debate whether there even was a great replacement of the population or not, so we are inching ever closer to the truth!
Not peacefully, they killed as many men as could and kept some women...thats why mtnd and y haplogroups are different all around europe
Pur dha sos! Meur ras bras!
So they were originally yamnaya steppe people speaking indo-european, today The Sun would write about them as barbarian fom eastern-europe
I'm by no means an expert on Bell-Beaker origins, so pinch of salt 😉
BUT from what I know and understand, beaker people (or specifically their ancestors, primarily the corded ware people) and the Yamnaya steppe people are from different haplogroups that intermixed but show different migrations and genetics happening contemporaneously with each other.
So whilst 'We' (or some percentage of us at least) are their descendants, the bell beakers and corded ware people were mixing with them but not themselves directly descended from them. It seems the generations after that trace their lineage to the Yamnaya steppe people.
Again, from what I know. It's been a while since I made this video and studied those migrations so pinch of salt definitely required.
As for the Sun, well... I tend to disregard its opinions anyway 😂 but yes most likely the sun would not be favourable to them. Which is simewhat ironic as whether it's a Celtic journalist or Anglo-Saxon journalist, neither is native to these shores, at least compared to these earlier cultures anyhow.
@@thekernewekpenguin The last decade we learnt from dna sequencing that only 3 kind of people populated Europe: WHG, anatolian farmers and yamnaya. Bell-Beaker, corded people etc. only about pottery usage by archeologist.
Well you do kind of look like other people in the British isles so i`d say you`re bell beaker mainly too with the DNA
Ahaha a valid point! My assumption when researching that question was if there was no great replacement visible from the beaker period, then it likely occurred much more slowly over time with Cornish populations mixing with the rest of Britain given, as you say, we look about the same as anyone.
I had an inkling that Kernow would follow the same pattern as Europe and Britain at large but was trying to find some credible evidence to either prove or disprove that, which was tricky.
In the end the study I found did help provide evidence for Kernow being more in line with British trends, but as I say in the video it's still conjecture - I would be interested in a potential future study looking into how much Bronze Age and Iron Age DNA in Kernow was Neolithic and compare that to the European average to get better insight on what happened more locally. But these things are tedious and expensive, moreso considering Kernow's soil being problematic for human remains, so such a study is sadly unlikely to occur anytime soon...
@@thekernewekpenguin Must of been wild times