Usually used by people on the receiving end of violent encounters, it described groups of Scandinavian seafarers between A.D. 750 and 1050—the period now known as the Viking era. DNA from a female ...

Modern humans like to think a lot of themselves — take globalization, for example. Modern folks would be forgiven for believing that with the ease of travel and the historical migration of peoples ...

Scientists say DNA tests on a skeleton found in a lavish Viking warrior's grave in Sweden show the remains are those of a woman in her 30s. While bone experts had long suspected the remains belong to ...

A genetic match to an ancient person doesn't mean you're more related genealogically. Mark Edward Atkinson/Tetra Images via Getty Images We are population geneticists who work with ancient DNA. We ...

A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the Black Sea around 7000 B.C. A gene variant that helps protect people from HIV ...

Blond-haired, Scandinavian warriors who pillaged their way through Europe. We thought we knew everything about the Vikings. But some new research suggests we've been getting it wrong. In the biggest ...

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite’s ...

Bones and teeth of ancient Scandinavians excavated from burials, a sunken warship and the sites of a violent massacre have helped an international group of scientists craft an unprecedented picture of ...

In case anyone is interested: the photo in the article was taken at le grand parc du puy du fou, in France, a big sort of historical theme park with live shows. The ship in the photo is invisble for ...