WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of today's Scandinavians, according to scientists who also documented the outsized ...
Ancient bones, teeth found in shipwreck burial ground help explain genetic ancestry of Scandinavians
Researchers say that the Viking Age left an imprint on the genetics of present-day Scandinavians. In an international study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists found that DNA from ...
There are few ancient groups who are as well-known as the Vikings, or the seafaring people originally form Scandinavia (today, this is Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) best known for their pirating, ...
Paleogeneticists have taken a sweeping look at 297 ancient genomes from Scandinavia and compared them with genetic data from 16,500 living Scandinavians to better understand the genetic history of the ...
A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5 captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look back at Scandinavian history is ...
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Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea
A gene variant that helps protect people from HIV infection likely originated in people who lived during the span of time between the Stone Age and the Viking Age, a new study of thousands of genomes ...
The Vikings were master explorers, traversing the Atlantic between the late 8th and mid-11th centuries. From Newfoundland to Greenland, their longships carried them across vast seas. Among their ...
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