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To: BGHater
There has been speculation for years that the last stranded Vikings in Greenland disappeared by assimilating with the Inuit.

DNA studies have since proven this did not happen.

DNA Study To Settle Ancient Mystery About Mingling Of Inuit, Vikings

10 posted on 02/18/2009 5:58:35 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
I saw a History Channel show a few years ago reporting on a multidisciplinary investigation of the settlements. Their conclusion was when it got too cold to raise their livestock, the Vikings just got on their boats and sailed back home.
13 posted on 02/19/2009 12:08:43 PM PST by colorado tanker ("I just LOVE clinging to my guns and my religion!!!!" - Sarah Palin)
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