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A study exploring the Balkans' genomic history reveals profound Anatolian and Slavic demographic influences during the first millennium, reshaping our understanding of the region's past through a blend of archaeogenetics and historical data. A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic
A multidisciplinary study reveals the Balkan Peninsula's genomic history, highlighting the profound impact of Anatolian and Slavic migrations during and after the Roman Empire. This research underscores the shared demographic history across the Balkans. A multidisciplinary study led by the Instit
<p>A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change. The team has recovered and analyzed whole genome data from 146 ancient people excavated primarily from Serbia and Croatia—more than a third of which came from the Roman military frontier at the massive archaeological site of Viminacium in Serbia—which they co-analyzed with data from the rest of the Balkans and nearby regions. The work, published in the journal <em>Cell</em>, highlights the cosmopolitanism of the Roman frontier and the long-term consequences of migrations that accompanied the breakdown of Roman control, including the arrival of people speaking Slavic languages. Archaeological DNA reveals that despite nation-state boundaries that divide them, populations in the Balkans have been shaped by shared demographic processes.</p&g