Iceland: an example of geographic isolation

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European Commission

Brussels

07/06/2021 - 00:00

Description

A small remote island with an interesting language and even more interesting genetics.

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 30947

Duration

06:12

Level

Advanced / Test-type

Use

consecutive

Type

pedagogical material

Domains

Geography

Science

History

Terminology

old Norse, patronymic and matronymic surnames, Arctic Circle, settlers, monks, to shift toward simplification, Viking sagas, geneticists, to mine a genetic pool, homogeneous, genetic material, Alzheimer's disease, DNA samples, privacy, public domain, caveat.