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Ancient DNA Study Reveals Early Scandinavian Presence in Britain

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Ancient DNA Study Reveals Early Scandinavian Presence in Britain

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  • Research indicates that individuals with Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.
  • Study of an ancient Roman burial in York shows that 25% of the individual's ancestry came from Scandinavia.
  • There were previously unknown migration patterns into Scandinavia from AD500 to AD800, impacting Viking age DNA.
  • Utilizing a new method, researchers analyzed over 1,500 ancient genomes, providing insights into historical migrations.
  • The findings propose that many individuals from Viking-age mass graves had genetic ties to southern Scandinavia.

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