A blog that backs a bi-monthly magazine covering all the islands of Scotland
Friday, 20 March 2015
Bark Worse Than Bite
The Viking ships, and their sailors, must have made a terrifying impact wherever they landed. However, their influence on indigenous populations was not as long lasting as once thought. Orkney residents, for example, have some Norse DNA coding in their genetic make-up, but its limited to 25%. New studies are featured in a BBC website item.