A Genetic History of the Balkans from Roman Frontier to Slavic Migrations
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Published in Cell · View the paper (DOI)
A recent study found that successive waves of migrations from Western Anatolia, central and northern Europe, and the Pontic-Kazakh Steppe shaped the Balkan population during the Roman Empire's reign. The influx of Slavic-speaking populations resulted in present-day residents having 30%–60% Slavic ancestry.
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