Sedimentary DNA and molecular evidence for early human occupation of the Faroe Islands

Humans may have settled the Faroe Islands and begun using the land for livestock grazing as early as 500 CE, around 300 years earlier than previously believed, according to sedimentary DNA and molecular fecal biomarkers from a lake sediment core.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Lorelei Curtin, William J. D’Andrea, Nicholas L. Balascio, Sabrina Shirazi, Beth Shapiro, Gregory A. de Wet, Raymond S. Bradley, Jostein Bakke
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
anthro-bio
geo
Faroe Islands
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00318-0
https://doaj.org/article/4d3406411f204a11930d9c3dc73341cc
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Summary:Humans may have settled the Faroe Islands and begun using the land for livestock grazing as early as 500 CE, around 300 years earlier than previously believed, according to sedimentary DNA and molecular fecal biomarkers from a lake sediment core.

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