Combining Ancient DNA and History: Interview with Dr. Pontus Skoglund
Tides of History24 Huhti 2025

Combining Ancient DNA and History: Interview with Dr. Pontus Skoglund

Ancient DNA has completely reshaped our understanding of prehistory, but what does it offer for periods when we actually have historical texts? Dr. Pontus Skoglund, one of the world's leading aDNA researchers, joins me to talk about his recent study of Iron Age and Medieval Europe, and how genomics can reveal new things even about periods we think we know well.

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