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

Lorelei Curtin; William J. D’Andrea; Nicholas L. Balascio; Sabrina Shirazi; Beth Shapiro; Gregory A. de Wet; Raymond S. Bradley; Jostein Bakke

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00318-0

Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2021)

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

Lorelei Curtin,
William J. D’Andrea,
Nicholas L. Balascio,
Sabrina Shirazi,
Beth Shapiro,
Gregory A. de Wet,
Raymond S. Bradley,
Jostein Bakke

Affiliations

Lorelei Curtin: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
William J. D’Andrea: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Nicholas L. Balascio: Department of Geology, William & Mary
Sabrina Shirazi: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Beth Shapiro: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Gregory A. de Wet: Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Raymond S. Bradley: Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jostein Bakke: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00318-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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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.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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