🇸🇪 Sweden

Prognathodon

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 6 occ.

Hainosaurus

84 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 5 occ.

Eonatator

86 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 3 occ.

Scanisaurus

84 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 3 occ.

Platecarpus

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.

Plioplatecarpus

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.

Ancient DNA solves 5,500 year old burial mystery in Sweden

discovery DNA limb Sweden

Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many individuals buried together were not immediate family, but second- or third-degree relatives. One grave held a young woman alongside two children who were siblings—yet she wasn’t their mother. The discoveries hint at tight-knit communities where extended kin mattered deeply.

19/02/2026 sciencedaily-human-evo

Dorygnathus

cast Dorygnathus museum

Scanisaurus

Ichthyovenator Plesiosauria Scanisaurus