England’s Early Population Linked to Mediterranean and Arctic Worlds

England’s Early Population Linked to Mediterranean and Arctic Worlds

1130 depiction from the Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes crossing the sea to England. Credit: Tgec17 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 England’s early population was shaped by steady movement from both the Mediterranean and far northern regions near the Arctic Circle, according to a major new study that challenges long-held ideas about how people arrived and settled on the island. Researchers found that migratio…

Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered by large-scale bioarchaeological study

A major new bioarchaeological study is reshaping how scholars understand migration into England during the early medieval period, showing a picture of steady, long-term movement rather than short, dramatic waves of newcomers. Drawing on chemical and genetic evidence from human remains, the research shows England was consistently connected to distant regions from the end of […]

Early Medieval England Saw Continuous Migration, Study Finds

A major bioarchaeological study combining tooth-enamel isotopes and ancient DNA finds migration into early medieval England was continuous from AD 400–1100, with regional and gendered patterns and evidence shaped by climate shifts.