Scientists retrieve authentic Viking DNA from 1,000-year-old skeletons
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 05:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Although 'Viking' literally means 'pirate,' recent research has indicated that the Vikings were also traders to the fishmongers of Europe. Stereotypically, these Norsemen are usually pictured wearing a horned helmet but in a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE this week, Jorgen Dissing and colleagues from the University of Copenhagen, investigated what went under the helmet...
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