Ancient genomes provide evidence of demographic shift to Slavic-associated groups in Moravia

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00142018" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00142018 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-025-03700-9#ethics" target="_blank" >https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-025-03700-9#ethics</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03700-9" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13059-025-03700-9</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ancient genomes provide evidence of demographic shift to Slavic-associated groups in Moravia
Original language description
Background The Slavs are a major ethnolinguistic group of Europe, yet the process that led to their formation remains disputed. As of the sixth century CE, people supposedly belonging to the Slavs populated the space between the Avar Khaganate in the Carpathian Basin, the Merovingian Frankish Empire to the West and the Balkan Peninsula to the South. Proposed theories to explain those events are, however, conceptually incompatible, as some invoke major population movements while others stress the continuity of local populations.ResultsWe report high-quality genomic data of 18 individuals from two nearby burial sites in South Moravia that span from the fifth to the tenth century CE, during which the region became the core of the ninth century Slavic principality. In contrast to existing data, the individuals reported here can be directly connected to an Early-Slavic-associated culture and include the earliest known inhumation associated with any such culture.ConclusionsThe data indicates a strong genetic shift incompatible with local continuity between the fifth and seventh century, supporting the notion that the Slavic expansion in South Moravia was driven by population movement.
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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