German skeletons hint that medieval warrior groups recruited from afar

DNA analyses of European graveyard finds are shedding new light on the Frankish Empire

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ROAD WARRIORS  A new study of human remains, including these skeletons, at a medieval European graveyard indicates that they came from a politically powerful warrior household that traveled widely to muster additional members.

Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im RP Stuttgart

Power systems transcended kinship in medieval Europe.