Cutting-edge DNA sequencing of more than 400 Viking skeletons from across Europe and Greenland will rewrite the history books debunking our previous image of these invaders, pirates, and warriors.

DNA map of Ireland reveals fine-grained population structure, including genetic legacy of historical migrations. The hordes of Viking raiders who descended on Ireland more than a millennium ago left ...

A “DNA map” of Ireland reveals that the Viking raiders intermingled with local women far more than was previously thought. Genealogist Gianpiero Cavalleri of the Royal College of Surgeons pieced ...

Genetic research has changed what we thought was true of Vikings. These fierce pirates and seafaring invaders left archeological sites throughout Europe and Greenland, and more than 400 Viking ...

Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and beyond. Now ...

The analyses' results also shed light on the Vikings' activities. For example, consistent with patterns documented by historians and archaeologists, the team found that Vikings who travelled to ...

Vikings may have been family men who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA. Maternal DNA from ancient Norsemen closely matches that of modern-day ...