Ancient DNA Shows Swedish Migration Changed Coastal Finland’s Population After 1250 CE | Archaeology News Online Magazine
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Ancient DNA shows Swedish migration changed coastal Finland’s population after 1250 CE | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient DNA from Finland shows how coastal and inland communities followed different population paths during the Middle Ages. Researchers from the University of Turku studied the genomes of 34 people who lived in southwestern Finland and Häme. The team compared their DNA with modern Finnish genomes and ancient DNA from across the Baltic Sea. The […]
DNA analysis of people who lived in Finland nearly a millennium ago provides evidence of an important migration from Sweden, which left a genetic footprint that can be observed today.
Ancient DNA revealed medieval migration. Finland had close connections across the Baltic Sea already in the Viking Age, but the coast and the interior went in different directions.
Migration from Sweden changed the genetic makeup of the population in Finland, according to a recent study.
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