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DNA proves fearsome Viking warrior was a woman:
A 10th century Viking unearthed in the 1880s was like a figure from Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries: an elite warrior buried with a sword, an ax, a spear, arrows, a knife, two shields, and a pair of warhorses. [...] a new study published today in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology finds that the warrior was a woman—the first high-status female Viking warrior to be identified. Excavators first uncovered the battle-ready body among several thousand Viking graves near the Swedish town of Birka, but for 130 years, most assumed it was a man—known only by the grave identifier, Bj 581. [...] Now, the warrior's DNA proves her sex, suggesting a surprising degree of gender balance in the Vikings' violent social order.
Her name was Lagertha.
Reference: Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, et. al., A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23308
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 12 2017, @02:10PM (3 children)
Hold on, let me find you a mirror...
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:04PM (2 children)
No, AC is right, you're a reflexive idiot. You have an image in your mind that covers a very large group of people, we call such images stereotypes. People who regularly use stereotypes as the 100% true version of reality are what we call "morons".
For the opposite version of your stupidity: "all Republicans are racist Nazis!"
(Score: 2, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:19PM (1 child)
People who cannot tell the difference between the proper use of a generalization and the inability to see gradations and exceptions are bigger morons though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 12 2017, @06:38PM
Glad to know you consider yourself a massive moron beyond doubt. Didn't think you had the capability for such self-reflection.