Meet the Sámi, an Indigenous community still thriving in the Sápmi region, which today encompasses Norway, Sweden, Finland, ...

ARCHAEOLOGY Ancient bones, teeth found in shipwreck burial ground help explain genetic ancestry of Scandinavians New study of 297 ancient Scandinavian genomes sheds light on Vikings’ genetic ...

Ancient people were one of Scandinavia’s first seafaring societies, study says . Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Ancient Scandinavians may have used boats constructed of animal skins to fish, hunt and trade, a new study suggests. Known as the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC), this waterfaring Neolithic group of ...

9,500-year-old chewing gum found in Sweden reveals prehistoric people suffered from ... Three pieces of prehistoric chewing gum shed light on the diet and diseases of ancient Scandinavian people.

Paleogeneticist Ricardo Rodrı́guez-Varelal and his colleagues at Stockholm University and the Centre for Paleogenetics studied ancient DNA gathered from people buried at sites across Scandinavia ...

This ancestry was found in people from southern Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, and southern Britain, with one person in southern Europe carrying 100% Scandinavian-like ancestry.

A new study analyzing ancient and modern-day genomes across Scandinavia has revealed clues about geography, ancestry and gene flow from over 2,000 years of the region’s history. The research is ...

A new study analyzing ancient and modern-day genomes across Scandinavia has revealed clues about geography, ancestry and gene flow from over 2,000 years of the region’s history. The research is ...