A team of genetic scientists from Sweden turned their scanners on Viking DNA samples. They have now charted the “genetic flow” of ancient Scandinavia showing that incomers genetics didn’t fare so well as the native’s DNA, and women came there from both east and west. Read more Section: News Evolution & Human Origins Read Later […]
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Irresistible Vikings? Charting Sex Bias and Gene Flows Into Ancient Scandinavia
1,000-Year-Old Middle Eastern Gold Earring Discovered in Scandinavia
The National Museum in Copenhagen announced on Sunday that 54-year-old Frants Fugl Vestergaard from Denmark unearthed a rare gold earring while metal detecting in a field in West Jutland. Believed to be an 11th century gift from the Emperor of Byzantium to a Viking chief, the earring is built around a crescent-shaped gold plate. Inlaid […]
Scandinavian Origins | DNA | Stone Age Scandinavia
Tracking the migration of humans isn’t easy , but genetics is helping us uncover new information at breathtaking speed. We know that our species originated in Africa and likely reached Europe from the southeast no later than 42,000 years ago. During the last ice age some 33,000-20,000 years ago, when a permanent ice sheet covered […]
NATO’s Militarization of Scandinavia: Time to Ring the Alarm Bells
NATO’s Militarization of Scandinavia: Time to Ring the Alarm Bells Much has been said about NATO reinforcements in the Baltic States and Poland perceived in Moscow as provocative actions undermining security in Europe, while very little has been said about gradual but steady militarization of Scandinavia. The theme does not hit headlines and it is not […]