Huns
Extinct nomadic people in Eurasia
Follow Huns on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2025 | A genome sequencing study of 370 individuals from the Carpathian Basin, Central Asia, and Mongolian steppe found no evidence of a uniform eastern/steppe-derived group. However, long-shared genomic segments were discovered linking some elite Xiongnu individuals directly with certain European Huns. |
| 2022 | A comprehensive study of Hunnic remains revealed diverse genetic origins: some Asian Hunnic remains closely related to Xiongnu, European remains showing Sarmatian ancestry, and a segment clustering with Northwestern Europeans. Analysis of 23 Hunnic samples showed 43% R1a-Z93, 39% Q-M242, and 17% R1a sub-clades associated with Northwestern Europeans. |
| 2020 | A study examined 52 Xiongnu skeletal remains, finding shared paternal and maternal haplotypes with the Huns, suggesting a potential genetic lineage from Xiongnu to Huns. |
| November 2019 | A genetic study published in Scientific Reports examined remains of three males from 5th-century Hunnic cemeteries in the Pannonian Basin, revealing mixed European and East Asian ancestry with unique paternal haplogroups Q1a2, R1b1a1b1a1a1, and R1a1a1b2a2. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Origin of the Huns & List of Huns, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.