Early Slavs
Group of tribal societies
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| 2023 | Archaeogenetic study published in Cell revealed that Slavic migrations involved large movements of people with specific Eastern European ancestry, contributing more than half of the genetic makeup in Balkan populations. |
| 2022 | Archaeogenetic study published in Science confirmed that medieval Slavic migrations profoundly transformed Southeastern Europe's genetic landscape, significantly reducing Anatolian Neolithic ancestry. |
| 2013 | Autosomal IBD study revealed a high number of common ancestors between South Slavs and Poles, connecting this to the Hunnic and Slavic expansion across large geographic areas. |
| 2010 | Genetic study observed that Slavic culture spread through significant population movements, not just cultural exchange, indicating substantial migration and genetic mixing between Slavic and Germanic populations. |
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