Where did the Gaels originate? - History Stack Exchange There are some theories that the Gael's originated from the Basque shelter and are not even of Indo-European decent, however their language originated from later invading tribes from central Europe who were more advanced and dominated (possibly of Asia Minor origin)
Were are the Gaels, Picts and Britons physically distinct? Did they all belong to the same ethnic group (Celts)? For those who don't understand "ethnically distinct", I mean could they be distinguished by shared physical characteristics of face, height or otherwise? Did a Gael look like a Briton or a Pict? I can't find anything relevant from my preliminary research
Who were the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Western Europe? By and large, we really don't know The timing of archeological finds with the language distribution when the historical record opens makes a very compelling case for the Celto-Italics being the chief people who introduced farming to Western Europe So any pre-Celtic inhabitants would have been Mesolithic (hunter-gatherers) Neolithic (farming) societies support an order of magnitude larger