This is a genetic map of the British Isles, based on work by Professor Jim Wilson from the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute and MRC Human Genetics Unit. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

OS maps are available at 1:50 000 and 1:25 000 scales and cover the whole of the British Isles. Harvey maps cover many mountain areas and use 1:25 000 and 1:40 000 scales. A large-scale map (1:25 000) ...

By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

To see a quadrant, click below in a box. The British Topographic Maps were made in 1910, and are a valuable source of information about Assyrian villages just prior to the Turkish Genocide and ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

And it’s the target of one of biology's most ambitious projects - scientists want to map the DNA of every ... Every day, samples from all over the British Isles are arriving.

Originating in the later Bronze Age (1000 BC - 800 BC), the hill forts of the early Iron Age are found over a wide area of the British Isles: in Scotland (Finavon Fort in Angus), Wales (The ...

The British group formed in 2007 with singer/guitarist/drummer Marcus Mumford, vocalist and banjo/dobro player, Winston Marshall, vocalist/keyboardist, Ben Lovett, and vocalist/bassist ...

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Breakthrough research has revealed the British Isles were repeatedly submerged under an ice sheet extending to the centre of the North Sea over a million years earlier than previously thought. A team ...

A mighty storm that tore across Ireland and the UK more than a century ago produced some of the strongest winds the British Isles have ever witnessed. Scientists reviewed Storm Ulysses of 1903 by ...