The Hjortspring boat: Partial fingerprint in ancient tar offers rare glimpse into seafaring past

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A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has yielded clues to its potential origin—which has long been considered a mystery, according to a study published in PLOS One by Mikael Fauvelle from Lund University, Sweden, and colleagues.