What is a Viking? The word conjures an unmistakable mental image: the stereotype of bold Scandinavian invaders, fearsome marauders with white skin and pale hair, ruthlessly raiding and voyaging their way across the globe over 1,000 years ago.
Only, there is a mistake after all, it seems – crucial details in this longstanding legend are wrong, new research reveals. According to a large genetic analysis of over 400 Viking skeletons scattered across Europe, many Vikings weren’t of Scandinavian ancestry, and many would have had dark hair, not blonde.
Read the entire article here: https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-dna-analysis-of-hundreds-of-ancient-vikings-reveals-they-weren-t-who-we-thought
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This all goes back to the fact that “viking” was not an ethnicity, but a job