DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start

[KamaAina]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34809804

A DNA study has confirmed that London was an ethnically diverse city from its very beginnings, BBC News has learned....

According to Caroline McDonald, who is a senior curator at the museum, London was a cosmopolitan city from the moment it was created following the Roman invasion 2,000 years ago.

"The thing to remember with the original Londoners is that they were not born here. Every first-generation Londoner was from somewhere else - whether it was somewhere else in Britain, somewhere else on the continent, somewhere else in the Mediterranean, somewhere else from Africa," she said.

"So the stories we can tell about our ancient population are absolutely relevant to modern contemporary London because these are our stories - these are people just like us."

[Ex Lurker]

1. The ancient Romans got around NT.