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A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals (www.science.org)
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[–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

The Goths being from modern day Sweden isn't news surely? We've known this.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 days ago

    Also plenty of unrelated cultures adopt the history of their conquerers to bolster claims of authority later (e.g. Holy Roman Empire) so seeing genetic markers confirms that related Goths were, in fact, moving southward. It's just another piece of info to put together the overall story.

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