Forensic scientists rubbish Hitler's theory of Scandinavian racial purity

London, June 14 : Forensic scientists have rubbished Adolf Hitler's theory of Scandinavian racial purity with a new scientific research that involved the study of human remains found in two ancient Danish burial grounds dating back to the Iron Age.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the findings, by researchers from the university of Copenhagen, explodes the Nazis' much cherished concept of a 'superior' Aryan race, with the discovery of a man who appears to be of Arabian origin in the burial grounds.

The racist theory, which placed the Aryans at the top of mankind's hierarchy and Jews at the bottom, played a central role in the Holocaust.

The findings suggest that human beings were as genetically diverse 2000 years ago as they are today and indicate greater mobility among Iron Age populations than was previously thought.

According to the new research, the concept of a single Scandinavian genetic type, a Scandinavian race that wandered to Denmark, settled there, and otherwise lived in complete isolation from the rest of the world, is a fallacy.

Far from being isolated and 'genetically pure', the study on the burial sites found that Danes mixed with peoples from across the globe.

"It becomes clear that the Danes must have been in contact with other peoples," said scientist Linea Melchior, who analysed DNA from the Bogebjerggard and Skovgaarde sites.

Research at another early Danish burial site has unearthed a corpse of Siberian origin.

Both that body and the 'Arabian' body discovered by Melchior, were buried in identical fashion to 'locals', thus showing that people from distant parts of the world could be and were absorbed in Danish communities.

ANI