While some of that may be true, a new genetic study of Viking DNA is flipping much of this history on its head. In the largest genetic study of Viking DNA ever, scientists have found that Vikings ...

Sequencing DNA from those who lived long ago Ancient DNA is a new and rapidly growing field, with a Nobel Prize awarded in 2022 to Svante Pääbo for his foundational work. Using samples taken ...

More than a century after Norway's Gokstad ship burial was first excavated, scientists are examining the remains of the ...

Scientists analyzed over 3,000 genomes, including ancient DNA from 934 individuals spanning the Mesolithic period to the Viking Age. Their findings pinpoint the emergence of the CCR5 delta 32 ...

One of Poland's ancient royal dynasties could have been hijacked by a bunch of invaders who came over from Scotland, say ...

The skeletal remains could help scientists unearth some of the mysteries around Viking DNA, and provide new answers about this centuries-old civilization. The skeletons were reportedly preserved ...

Shetland could be the first place in Scotland to introduce widespread genetic screening to prevent a number of life-threatening conditions. | ITV National News ...

Back in the first millennium A.D., waves of human migration across Europe created an elaborate genetic puzzle that researchers have now started to unravel with a leap in DNA analysis ... 400 A.D. to 1 ...

Viking invasions made a lasting impression on the DNA map of Ireland, according to a massive study carried out by Trinity College Dublin. In their study "Insular Celtic population structure and ...

As DNA test giant is set to go bust ... and then back into Scandinavia before the Viking Age,' said Leo Speidel, lead author of the study, who now works at Riken, a scientific institute in ...

It’s well established that Viking explorers made it to North America ... meet Indigenous societies—genetic analysis of walrus DNA indicates their ivory trade routes may have been complex ...