A nice read... I only skimmed over it and it's not my area of expertise,
but two things caught my attention:
>The only viable explanation for this is that there must
>have been large populations of Mesolithic people inhabiting the
>coastal regions of northern and western Europe that actively resisted
>any further colonization, assimilation, or acculturation."
A bit far fetched in my opinion... there could be hundreds (well, dozens
really...) of reasons other than this one. Is there any archeological
evidence for those large populations of Mesolithic people?
Sources?
>In about 3200 B.C. Otzi the Iceman was still using the
>old technology of pure copper (axe head - 99.7 % pure copper) while
>the Millarens were working with the advanced Aegean alloy technology
>of arsenical copper.
Um... isn't it also a bit far fetched to compare objects carried by
someone found in Alpine areas to a culture on the Iberian peninsula?
Either way... as stated in the article later on when talking about the
British Islands technology was not spreading evenly over Europe. By
comparing these things one is stating the obvious: That there was an
uneven spread of technology over Europe... which might not be too
surprising when someone looks at the geography of this area.
