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Sep 18, 2020 · The results showed that Viking identity didn’t always equate to Scandinavian ancestry. Just before the Viking Age (around 750 to 1050 A.D.), for instance, people from Southern and...
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Jan 10, 2023 · Nearly 300 ancient genomes shed light on how people migrated and genes flowed in Scandinavia. During the Viking Age, from 750 to 1050 C.E., Scandinavians were on the move. The seafaring Vikings...
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Sep 16, 2020 · The largest genetic study of the Vikings ever done has just been published, and offers surprising discoveries about the medieval warriors, including that they may not be quite as Nordic as hitherto believed.
Sep 16, 2020 · The international team sequenced the whole genomes of 442 mostly Viking Age men, women, children and babies from their teeth and petrous bones found in Viking cemeteries. They analysed the DNA from the remains from a boat burial in Estonia and discovered four Viking brothers died the same day.
Apr 7, 2024 · These medieval individuals had DNA fragments shared with thousands of people who have uploaded their DNA sequences to an online database, the same way you share DNA fragments with your...
Sep 17, 2020 · DNA sequencing of the remains – comprising bones from men, women, children, and babies – suggests that both before and during the Viking Age, a diverse array of foreign genetic influences flowed into Scandinavian bloodlines, from Asia, Southern Europe, and the British Isles.
Sep 16, 2020 · The Nature study brings together genetic data from 442 humans whose remains date from around 2400 B.C. to A.D. 1600—all buried in areas where the Vikings are known to have expanded.
