proof chief isn't the father of the scots or english!

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#1

Simple. according to the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/overview_british_prehistory_01.shtml

Over the millennia there were phases of extreme cold, when large areas of Britain were covered in ice, followed by warmer times. Around 10,000 years ago, the latest ice age came to an end. Sea levels rose as the ice sheets melted, and Britain became separated from the European mainland shortly before 6000 BC. (6000BC! I guess chief was talking about some Island other than England. Maybe atlantis, Greenland or something else… but the english isle.)

The people living on the new islands of Britain were descendants of the first modern humans, or Homo sapiens, who arrived in northern Europe around 30,000 - 40,000 years ago.

#2

According to the story, he went up there 150,000 years ago, well before the Ice Age. Not only have many different waves of immigration swept over the Isles since then, but that’s long enough to remove any evidence of a settlement, so you really can’t say that he wasn’t the first human up there in that story line.

If you remember, some of the Crosses seen on Erf were of the Celtic variety…

#3

you have to read what I just wrote. There was no island of England 150,000 years ago. So chief wasn’t refering to England… because it didn’t exist. So he can’t be the father of the people from that land. He didn’t say "land mass that would eventualy become an island in 100,000 years… he spoke of an island that was existing at that time. England wasn’t it. ( at least acording to all scientists who make a living at being scientists)

#4

For some reason when he said an island I always thought of vancouver as a little nudge-nudge to where they make the show.

#5

Well this is where Reality butts heads with artistic license. Gotta remember that in the finale when he is talking about where he was going. There were bagpipes playing as the background music. They were implying where he was going and what branch of humanity he was representing.

#6

I just watched the last five minutes (see my thread: http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showpost.php?p=171771&postcount=1).

Notice the scene where the lush green fields turn into deserts and the camera pans over a craggy coastline… RDM is trying to say that there’s no way to tell who went where anymore since time & tide have eroded away all traces of the BSG past, save the fact that Hera’s remains were found in modern Tanzania.

Hope that helps.

#7

And it’s not like his descendants had to stay there the whole time. They could have moved out and then back (all this has happened before, after all.)