Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones tell a different story

Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by endisukaj on Thursday March 23, 2017 @10:22AM (#13939960)

Wow. What a weak article. It basically tells nothing other than the fact that the Huns were people (we knew that) and that different people may lead different lives (we knew that also).

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by etrevino on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:14AM (#13940425)

I was thinking the same thing. As someone who spent a lot of his PhD time with Late Antiquity as a secondary area of specialization, I can say that an enormous amount of this is "duh". It does not uproot the commonly accepted research by any stretch.

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by Erik816 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:04PM (#13941665)

I'm sure most popular press articles are "duh" if you have PhD in the field or a closely related field ...

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by clw8 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @10:37PM (#13946166)

Indeed. I've spent many a Sunday at university libraries reading about history and this was interesting and largely new to me. That people with some expertise thinks it's a duh article makes me happy that I didn't just read a bunch of bullshit!

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by cema on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:45PM (#13969293)

  That people with some expertise thinks it's a duh article 
  makes me happy that I didn't just read a bunch of bullshit!

A good point, by the way.

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