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How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe
Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Dramatic population change: Analysis of genome-wide data from more
than 550 ancient individuals demonstrates that, during the 6th-8th
centuries CE, Eastern Germany, Poland/Ukraine, and the Northern Balkans experienced a major shift in ancestry, with over 80 percent originating
from eastern European newcomers.
o Support from other analysis: An independent study of 18 genomes from
the South Moravian region linked to one of the first Slavic-speaking
polities confirms this pattern.
o Regional differences: While genetic turnover was nearly complete in
the north, regions like the Balkans saw more mixing between Eastern
European incomers and local communities. This diversity of ancestries
persists until today in the modern populations of these areas.
o Integration, not conquest: Genetic evidence shows no sex bias in the migrationrCoentire families and communities seemed to have moved and integrated, rather than just male warriors.
o Flexible social structure: In Eastern Germany, the migrants brought a
new way of social organization, visible in the formation of large
patrilinear pedigreesrCoa stark contrast to the much smaller family units typical of the preceding Migration Period. Meanwhile, in Croatia, early immigrant communities appear to have maintained more traditional or
regionally continuous social structures, with less dramatic changes from
the patterns seen before the demographic shift.
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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1096446
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