Using a refined method of analyzing ancient DNA ancestry, they analyzed genetic data to map people’s movements ... and people in Britain who had ancestry from Denmark. The bodies of men found in ...

Previous research has shown that the Viking ... Iron Age populations. The study also highlighted regional differences in genetic mixing within Scandinavia. Southern areas, especially Denmark ...

The past year has been marked by fewer excavations compared to previous years. But archaeologists have still made some great ...

Additionally, the team identified Viking Age individuals in present-day Ukraine and Russia who carried ancestry from present-day Sweden, while individuals in Britain showed ancestry from present-day ...

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Julie Nielsen, ROMU’s archaeological director, said finding any helmet parts are relatively rare in Denmark, but finding one ...

On the opposite side of Europe, they similarly identified ancestry from Denmark in individuals living in Britain during the height of the Viking era. In Britain, remains of deceased men buried in ...

Nevertheless, there was a clear shift in the eighth century CE (early Viking Age) in Zealand (present-day Denmark), which persisted among later Viking age groups in Denmark. Taken together ...

and individuals in Britain who had ancestry from present-day Denmark. In Viking Age mass graves in Britain, the remains of men who died violently showed genetic links to Scandinavia, suggesting ...

Researchers identified a Roman-era gladiator or soldier with partial Scandinavian ancestry, offering evidence of significant migrations long before the Viking Age. Using an innovative DNA analysis ...

Likewise, researchers found a “clear shift” in genetic ancestry in 8th century Denmark in which Viking communities had genetic links to Iron Age groups much further south. Experts estimate the ...