Snails trace Stone Age trek from Iberia to Ireland
Genetic quirk linking snails in two distant areas suggests people brought escargot on migration to Emerald Isle
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Irish land snails share genetic characteristics with Iberian snails, hinting at an 8,000 year-old human migration from the Pyrenees Mountains to the Emerald Isle.
Lauren Holden