Early medieval grave, Ergoldsbach, Germany© Richter/Kreisarchäologie Landshut
Posted on 05/04/2026 5:15:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Live Science reports that Joachim Burger of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and his colleagues examined more than 250 sets of human remains of people who lived in what is now southern Germany, on what was the frontier of the Roman Empire, between A.D. 400 and 700. The researchers analyzed DNA samples from the bones, performed strontium isotope analysis to look for chemical signatures in the bones, and compared the results of the tests with 2,500 ancient and 379 modern genomes. The study suggests that many people engaged in monogamy, and nearly one-quarter of the children lost at least one parent by the age of ten. Yet, most children had at least one surviving grandparent at the time of birth. After the Roman Empire fell in A.D. 476, the study suggests that life expectancy rose to 43.3 years for men and 39.8 years for women. Women are thought to have had a lower life expectancy due to the risks of childbirth, but the overall rise in life expectancy may have been due to fewer violent conflicts in the region. The study also determined that in the late fifth century, after the collapse of the Roman Empire, northern Europeans mixed with diverse Roman provincial groups as people migrated north into southern Germany and away from Roman territory. By the seventh century A.D., the population living in the area had become genetically similar to today's Central Europeans. For the scholarly article on the research go to Nature. To read more about the Roman Empire's German frontier, go to "The Road Almost Taken."
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Early medieval grave, Ergoldsbach, Germany© Richter/Kreisarchäologie Landshut
Teeth look pretty good.
;-D
Orrrrr, maybe it was Brittania, and the last health care procedure the guy had was at the dentist’s...
OUCH!
Blimey!
Skeet shooting probably originated with British dentists.
LOL!
I had no idea Dick Cheney moonlighted as a British Dentist.
And by now those same regions of Europe have become genetically similar to North Africa and what the euros call “Asians”.
The other candidate was Hugh Hefner, no reason.
p
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