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Northwest passage to Scandinavia

Genomes from hunter-gatherers dated to around 9,000 years ago reveal two early postglacial migrations into Scandinavia: an initial migration from the south and a second coastal migration north of the Scandinavian ice sheet.

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Fig. 1: Routes of human colonization of the Scandinavian peninsula.

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Skoglund, P. Northwest passage to Scandinavia. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 593–594 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0505-7

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