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  • Early Medieval Neighbors in Austria Shared Few Genes

    01/22/2025 3:20:50 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | January 16, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    According to a statement released by the Max Planck Society of Evolutionary Anthropology, DNA samples from all of the human remains unearthed in lower Austria from the neighboring early medieval burial sites at Mödling and Leobersdorf have been analyzed. The study determined that all of the nearly 150 individuals buried at Leobersdorf were mostly of East Asian origin, while the 500 individuals buried at Mödling shared an ancestry associated with European populations. "The genetic difference between these groups was very clear and consistent for most of the individuals at the sites," said geneticist Ke Wang of Fudan University. Yet the...