Image shows grave goods from inhumation grave 3532 at Issendorf cemetery, undated photo. A study showed that about 76 per cent of the ancestry in early medieval English populations originated from northern Germany and southern Scandinavia. Note: Licensed content. (Landesmuseum Hannover/Newsflash)
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22 September 2022
A study led by UK and German scientists has revealed that Anglo-Saxons were only 24 per cent English. Early-medieval mass migrations influenced the formation of British society by increasing its European ancestry up to 76 per cent. Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology and the...