This tallies with archeological evidence suggesting that several different cultural groups made their way to the core area of Sami from 8000 to 6000 BC, presumably including some of the ancestors of present-day Sami.
Dette stemmer overens meand arkæologiske beviser for, at flere forskellige kulturelle grupper fundet vej til det centrale samiske område af 8.000-6.000 f.v.t., formentlig nogle af forfædrene til nutidens samere.