Did Beaker people wipe out 93% of Cumbrians 5000 years ago?

[Imperial Dave]

https://hiddencumbrianhistories.substack.com/p/did-beaker-people-wipe-out-93-of?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&utm_medium=email&r=4t2zpe&triedRedirect=true

Contentious

[Erpingham]

Advancing such a huge idea based on a sample of 37 bodies seems a little risky. No matter how "advanced" your mathematical techniques are.

[Imperial Dave]

It is a small sample size and stats are stats 

[Jon Freitag]

Not sure that "my math is better than yours" is such a convincing argument!  Looking at the DNA models and the 90% replacement theory, themselves, might be an interesting exercise.  Surprised that Prof. Thomas did not invoke British statistician Cox's comment when he stated that "all models are wrong, but some are useful" as a counterpoint.  Who funded the American study?