Yes, But Does It Also Explain the Penchant for Setting Ships on Fire?

Nov 28, 2007

British researchers led by Mark Jobling studied the Y chromosome haplotypes of modern men living in northwest Britain, an area that had a large Viking influx about 1,000 years ago. Based upon patrilineally inherited surnames, that genetic data was split in two groups by "modern" and "medieval" last names.

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