Was Stone Age Scandinavia Struck by Plague? New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago. Listen to this article · 6:50 min Learn more.

Scientists report a breakthrough on understanding the demographic history of Stone-Age humans. A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia revealed that expanding Stone ...

With a lack of ancient human bone excavations in the region, finding human DNA within this piece of chewed-up birch bark was ...

A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia revealed that expanding Stone-age farmers assimilated local hunter-gatherers and that the hunter-gatherers were historically ...

Today's Scandinavians are not descended from the people who came to Scandinavia at the conclusion of the last ice age but, apparently, from a population that arrived later, concurrently with the ...

That’s because several later migrations have changed the Scandinavian gene pool over time. We know that migrations during the later stone age, the bronze age and historical times have brought new ...

Kissing and eating during the Stone Age ‘could be lethal’ Bacteria that can cause food poisoning, meningococcal disease, and the plague were uncovered in Scandinavian remains. By Laura Baisas ...

Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia. They were hunter-gatherers that had been fishing, hunting and collecting resources in the area.

Artist’s impression of the last ice age. wikipedia, CC BY-SA These results, published in the PLOS Biology, agree with archaeological observations that the earliest occurrences of the new stone ...

And so this Stone Age wad of gum is something like a time capsule of what they were eating. SUMMERS: OK. I am going to need to hear about the menu in Stone Age Scandinavia.

The similarities led Mörner to propose the mysterious stone structure of Sweden was a Stonehenge-inspired astronomical calendar constructed by a Bronze Age Scandinavian community that regularly ...