Becoming a Viking: DNA testing, genetic ancestry and placeholder identity

A consensus has developed among social and biological scientists around the problematic nature of genetic ancestry testing, specifically that its popularity will lead to greater genetic essentialism in social identities. Many of these arguments assume a relatively uncritical engagement with DNA, und...

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Main Authors: Marc Scully, Steven D. Brown, Turi King
Format: Default Article
Published: 2016
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Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
Popular science
Biosocial
Viking ancestry
Applied genetic history
Essentialism
Identity
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19565
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