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4 articles on slavs, ancient-DNA research written up for readers who want the evidence, not just the headline.
Slavic ancestry in ancient DNA is an Early Medieval layer: a 555-genome study traces a large-scale migration associated with Slavic expansion across central and eastern Europe, with local admixture varying by region. Modern Poles, Russians, Ukrainians and the South Slavs carry that layer over older foundations, in measurable and different proportions. That proportion is a record of descent, not a definition of who is Slavic.
The articles cover the migration study itself, Poland's documented population turnover in the first millennium CE from Goths and Wielbark to the early Slavic horizon, Russian ancestry as a Slavic core laid over the Uralic-related north and the steppe south, and Ukraine as the home of the Yamnaya homeland, the Trypillia mega-sites and the likeliest cradle of the Slavic expansion, each with a guide to reading a genome from that country.
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Ukraine holds the Yamnaya homeland, the Trypillia mega-sites and the likeliest cradle of the Slavic expansion. What ancient DNA shows about Ukrainian ancestry, and how to read a Ukrainian genome.
Russian ancestry is a Slavic core laid over older northern and steppe worlds: what ancient DNA shows about the East Slavic expansion, the Uralic-related north, the steppe south, and how to read a Russian genome.
Poland's ancient-DNA story has a twist most national histories lack: a documented population turnover in the first millennium CE. Goths and Wielbark, the early Slavic horizon, what modern Polish genomes show, and how to read your own.
A 555-genome study traces large-scale Early Medieval migration associated with Slavic expansion, regional admixture and changing communities.