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Ancient DNA reveals details about early medieval migration into England

After the Roman Empire collapsed, Europe underwent substantial cultural changes and saw large-scale migrations. A genome-wide ancient-DNA analysis of hundreds of individuals from early medieval England shows that they derived an average of 76% of their ancestry from people from Europe. Burial practices varied slightly between the different heritage groups, especially for women.

This is a summary of: Gretzinger, J. et al. The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05247-2 (2022).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02269-8

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