Slavic origins

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.30.458211v1?rss=1     Cosmopolitanism at the Roman Danubian Frontier, Slavic Migrations, and the Genomic Formation of Modern Balkan Peoples Inigo Olalde , Pablo Carrion , Ilija Mikic , Nadin Rohland , Shop Mallick , Iosif Lazaridis , Miomir Korac , Snezana Golubovic , Sofija Petkovic , Natasa Miladinovic-Radmilovic , Dragana Vulovic , Kristin Stewardson , Ann Marie Lawson , Fatma Zalzala , Kim Callan , Zeljko Tomanovic , Dusan Keckarevic , Miodrag Grbic , Carles Lalueza-Fox , David E. Reich   Abstract The Roman Empire expanded through the Mediterranean shores and brought human mobility and cosmopolitanism across this inland sea to an unprecedented scale. However, if this was also common at the Empire frontiers remains undetermined. The Balkans and Danube River were of strategic importance for the Romans acting as an East-West connection and as a defense line against "barbarian" tribes. We gener

Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe  https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/35/eabi6941 Abstract: Europe’s prehistory oversaw dynamic and complex interactions of diverse societies, hitherto unexplored at detailed regional scales. Studying 271 human genomes dated ~4900 to 1600 BCE from the European heartland, Bohemia, we reveal unprecedented genetic changes and social processes. Major migrations preceded the arrival of “steppe” ancestry, and at ~2800 BCE, three genetically and culturally differentiated groups coexisted. Corded Ware appeared by 2900 BCE, were initially genetically diverse, did not derive all steppe ancestry from known Yamnaya, and assimilated females of diverse backgrounds. Both Corded Ware and Bell Beaker groups underwent dynamic changes, involving sharp reductions and complete replacements of Y-chromosomal diversity at ~2600 and ~2400 BCE, respectively, the latter accompanied by increased Neolithic-like

 https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2021/Programme.aspx?Program=3   Title: Early Bronze Age families in the northwestern Carpathian Basin Main authors: Anna Szecsenyi-Nagy Content: Fine-scale ancient DNA analyses provide not only insights to prehistoric demographic processes, but also a deeper understanding of the studied communities’ structure and organization. Here we present intensively sampled Early Bronze Age graveyards (assigned to the Nitra and Únětice cultures) from the north-west part of the Carpathian Basin, and compare the new genomic data with anthropological and archaeological records and theories. Several families are reconstructed based on the genome-wide capture data, and attempts on reconstructing distant relatedness is also presented. A comprehensive analyses of the paternal and maternal lineages, together with the autosomal DNA results enable to reformulate the current knowledge about the social system of the Nitra (Nitria