Balkanic genetic study

[andre]

Cosmopolitanism at the Roman Danubian Frontier, Slavic Migrations, and the
Genomic Formation of Modern Balkan Peoples

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...211v1.full.pdf

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 generated genome-wide data from 70 ancient individuals from
present-day Serbia dated to the first millennium CE; including Viminacium, capital of Moesia
Superior province. Our analyses reveal large scale-movements from Anatolia during Imperial
rule, similar to the pattern observed in Rome, and cases of individual mobility from as far as
East Africa. Between ~250-500 CE, we detect gene-flow from Central/Northern Europe
harboring admixtures of Iron Age steppe groups. Tenth-century CE individuals harbored North-
Eastern European-related ancestry likely associated to Slavic-speakers, which contributed >20%
of the ancestry of today's Balkan people.





ID Location Y-DNA mtDNA
I15527 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis R1b-U106 H30b1
I15528 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis .. T1a1n
I15529 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis J1,J-Z2215,J-Z2217,J-CTS1026,J-Z1828,J-Z18463,J-Z18471,J-BY94 H11a2
I15530 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis .. K1a2a
I15531 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis I1 H10a1
I15532 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis T-L206,T-M70,T-L131 J2b1c
I15533 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis R1a-M417,R-Z645 V1a1
I15534 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis .. H5
I15535 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis .. H1b
I15536 Viminacium, Pecine Necropolis .. U5a1j
I15486 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. T2
I15490 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis E-M78,E-L618,E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273 H6b
I15491 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis H7
I15492 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis R1b-U152,R-L2,R-Z258,R-Z367,R-L20 H7
I15493 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. H8c
I15494 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. H5a2
I15495 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880,E-Z5017,E-Z5016,E-Y3762,E-CTS6377,E-CTS9320 H49
I15498 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis H36
I15499 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis E-M78,E-Z1902,E-V12,E-Y2863,E-FGC14377,E-FGC14378,E-V32 L2a1j
I15501 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. J1c1
I15502 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis E-Z830,E-PF1962,E-M123 U3a2a1
I15509 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. I4b
I15510 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis G-PF3148 H26a1
I15511 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. H
I15512 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. X2+225
I15514 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis .. U4a2a
I15515 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis R1b-Z2103 K1a3a
I15516 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis G-P303 H13a1a1
I15517 Viminacium, Pirivoj Necropolis J2a-L26,J-PF5087,J-PF5160,J-L24,J-Y22662,J-L25,J-Z438,J-Z387,J-L70 HV
I15485 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. H
I15487 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. T1a
I15488 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. H41a
I15489 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis G-PF3148,G-PF3177,L91,G-Z6484,G-Z6284,G-Z6128,G-Y140837,G-Y140827 H
I15496 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. T2b+16362
I15497 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. J1c
I15500 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. R0a1a
I15504 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis E-M78,E-L618,E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880 H47a
I15505 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. J1d1a1
I15506 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. HV9+152
I15507 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880 K1c2
I15508 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. W6
I15519 Viminacium, Rit Necropolis .. R0a2d
I15503 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis .. U5a2c
I15513 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880 H8c
I15518 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273 U2e1a1
I15520 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis R1a-M417,R-Z645 U5b2b
I15521 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis G-P303 H
I15522 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis .. H
I15523 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis .. H+152
I15524 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis I2c-L596,I-Y16649,I-Y16419 HV9+152
I15525 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis E-M78,E-L618,E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273 H13a1a1
I15526 Viminacium, Vise Grobalja Necropolis E-M123,E-M34,E-Z841,E-Z849,E-CTS1727,E-L791 H13a2b2
I15549 Mediana I1,I-Z58,I-Z59,I-CTS8647,Z60,Z140,Z141 H5b
I15550 Mediana .. H41a
I15544 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880 HV9
I15545 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis I1,I-Z58,I-Z59,I-CTS8647,Z60,Z140,Z141 H1
I15546 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis J2b2a-L283,J-Z622,J-Z600,J-Z585,J-Z615,J-Z597 L2a1+143+16189 (16192)
I15547 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis J2b2a-L283 H+152
I15548 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis J2b2a-L283,J-Z585,J-Z615,J-Z597,J-Z638,J-Z1297,J-Z8421,J-Z631,J-Z1043 W+194
I15551 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis R1b-Z2103,R-Z2105 T1a
I15552 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis R1b-Z2103,R-M12149,R-Z2106,R-Z2108,R-Z2110,R-CTS7556,R-Y5592,R-CTS1450 H1c
I15553 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273 T2b25
I15554 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880 H
I15555 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis G-P303,G-L140,G-PF3346,G-PF3345,G-CTS342,G-FGC12126 X2i+@225
I15556 Timacum Minus, Slog Necropolis .. H10d
I15537 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis E-V13,E-Z1057,E-CTS1273,E-BY3880,E-Z5017,E-Z5016,E-Y3762 H13a2a
I15538 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis R1b-P312,R-D99 H1e1a6
I15539 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis R1b-P312,R-D99 H1e1a6,H1e1a6
I15540 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis .. J1b1a1
I15541 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis I2a1b-L621,I-CTS10936,I-S19848,I-CTS4002,I-CTS10228,I-Y3120 K1a4
I15542 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis I2a1b-L621,I-CTS10936,I-S19848,I-CTS4002,I-CTS10228,I-Y3120 H9a
I15543 Timacum Minus, Kuline Necropolis J2-L26,J-Z6064,J-Z6055,J-Z6057,J-Y7013,J-Y7010 H1f+16093

[andre]

"Present-day Serbs, Croats
and the rest of central/northern Balkan populations yielded a similar ancestral composition as
the Kuline individuals, with approximately 50% Northeastern European-related ancestry
admixed with ancestry related to Iron Age native Balkan population (Figure 3), implying
substantial population continuity in the region over the last 1,000 years. This ancestry signal
significantly decreases in more southern groups, but it is still presents in populations from
mainland Greece (~30%) and even the Aegean islands (7-20%)"

[vbnetkhio]

Are they saying Only 20 percent Slavic admixture in South Slavs? It's either a misinterpretation of the data or they found some revolutionary samples.

[vbnetkhio]

"Present-day Serbs, Croats
and the rest of central/northern Balkan populations yielded a similar ancestral composition as
the Kuline individuals, with approximately 50% Northeastern European-related ancestry
admixed with ancestry related to Iron Age native Balkan population (Figure 3), implying
substantial population continuity in the region over the last 1,000 years. This ancestry signal
significantly decreases in more southern groups, but it is still presents in populations from
mainland Greece (~30%) and even the Aegean islands (7-20%)"

Oh ok, this is more like it.

[Jana]

Pathetic.

[Faklon]

Not sure what conclusions to make or evaluate the legitimacy but here's the lore.


Figure 1. PCA of West Eurasian genetic variability showing present-day individuals as
grey circles, published ancient groups as polygons and newly-reported ancient
individuals from Viminacium, Timacum Minus and Mediana as colored squares, from
A) 0-250 CE, B) 250-500 CE and C) 900 CE to present-day. This PCA is the zoom-in
version of Figure S7.



Figure 2. Fitting qpAdm models for the different ancestry clusters.



Figure 3. Proportions of Northeastern European-related ancestry (in black) for presentday Balkans populations. 10th century CE Kuline individuals are indicated with a red
outline.



Figure 4. Graphical summary of the genetic findings. A) 0-250 CE, B) 250-500 CE and
C) After 550 CE

[Faklon]

The Anatolian and Northern European rhetoric maybe makes some historical sense for the Crisis of the Third Century, they possibly brought Anatolian troops to defend against the Goths who may also have some contribution. They however place these admixtures in 0-250 AD where I see no apparent reason.

[Ion Basescul]

Supplementary Table 2. Information about newly reported present-day Serbs genotyped with the Human Origins array

Y-chr	Place of origin	Region	Country	Coordinates of place of origin
R1b-U106>Z9	Bački Maglić	Bačka	Serbia	45° 21′ 45.94″ N, 19° 31′ 54.12″ E
I2-Y3120>A1328	Bođani, Bač	Bačka	Serbia	45° 23′ 10.8″ N, 19° 6′ 15.6″ E
R1a-M458>YP417	Čitluk, Kruševac	Rasina	Serbia	43° 35′ 18″ N, 21° 16′ 25.2″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Donja Bejašnica, Prokuplje	Toplica	Serbia	43° 11′ 30″ N, 21° 27′ 6″ E
E-V13>A18844	Dragolj, Gornji Milanovac	Šumadija	Serbia	44° 13′ 0″ N, 20° 27′ 0″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Gornji Kozji Dol, Trgovište	Vranjsko Ponišavlje	Serbia	42° 19′ 23.88″ N, 22° 6′ 24.12″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Guncati, Knić	Šumadija	Serbia	43° 53′ 2.4″ N, 20° 39′ 28.8″ E
E-V13>Z16988	Jabučje, Lajkovac	Kolubara	Serbia	43° 59′ 56.07″ N, 20° 59′ 29.11″ E
R1a-Z280>Y2902	Jovac, Vladičin Han	Vranjsko Ponišavlje	Serbia	42° 38′ 39.12″ N, 22° 0′ 11.16″ E
T-L131	Lešnica, Loznica	Mačva	Serbia	44° 39′ 5.4″ N, 19° 18′ 21.6″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Merdželat, Svrljig	Ponišavlje	Serbia	43° 25′ 19.8″ N, 22° 5′ 12″ E
E-M81	Neuzina, Sečanj	Zapadni Banat	Serbia	45° 20′ 40.74″ N, 20° 42′ 45.79″ E
Q-L245>BZ3000	Ostra, Čačak	Šumadija	Serbia	43° 54′ 20.16″ N, 20° 29′ 36.96″ E
E-V13>A24066	Pečenjevce, Leskovac	Jablanica	Serbia	43° 6′ 1.2″ N, 21° 55′ 0″ E
J2-L283>PH1602	Rusna, Doljevac	Ponišavlje	Serbia	43° 11′ 24″ N, 21° 53′ 31.2″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Supovac, Niš	Ponišavlje	Serbia	43° 23′ 12″ N, 21° 45′ 18″ E
G2-L497>Y128028	Veliko Orašje, Velika Plana	Šumadija	Serbia	44° 22′ 8.11″ N, 21° 5′ 9.6″ E
E-V13	Viteževo, Žabari	Braničevo	Serbia	44° 17′ 24.6″ N, 21° 15′ 5.4″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Zablaće, Čačak	Stari Vlah	Serbia	43° 50′ 48.12″ N, 20° 27′ 0″ E
T-Y11151	Vrutok, Gostivar	Zapadna Makedonija	North Macedonia	41° 46′ 6.96″ N, 20° 50′ 20.76″ E
R1a-M420	Barlovo, Kuršumlija	Toplica	Montenegro	42° 44′ 1.39″ N, 19° 47′ 30.25″ E
J2-M205>Y22059	Škaljar, Kotor	Zeta	Montenegro	42° 25′ 4.2″ N, 18° 45′ 35.4″ E
E-V13>Y37092	Berane	Brda	Montenegro	42° 50′ 33.72″ N, 19° 52′ 15.6″ E
E-V13>BY165837	Medun, Podgorica	Brda	Montenegro	42° 28′ 18.44″ N, 19° 21′ 47.89″ E
I1-P109>FGC22045	Pavino Polje, Bijelo Polje	Brda	Montenegro	43° 8′ 15″ N, 19° 37′ 43″ E
J2-L283>Z638	Predobrđe, Kolašin	Brda	Montenegro	42° 43' 32" N, 19° 25' 42" E
J1-Z18463>ZS3128	Šekular, Andrijevica	Brda	Montenegro	42° 44′ 1.39″ N, 19° 47′ 30.25″ E
I2-Y3120*	Đevraske, Kistanje	Dalmacija	Croatia	43° 57′ 11.12″ N, 15° 51′ 3.82″ E
E-V13	Grabovac Banski, Petrinja	Banija	Croatia	45° 19′ 50.74″ N, 16° 14′ 18.17″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Plaški	Lika	Croatia	45° 4′ 53.05″ N, 15° 21′ 44.59″ E
I2-Y3120	Smrdelje, Kistanje	Dalmacija	Croatia	43° 56′ 1.4″ N, 15° 54′ 3.86″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Trpinja	Zapadni Srem	Croatia	45° 25′ 9″ N, 18° 53′ 57.09″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Banja Luka	Bosanska Krajina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44° 46′ 19.74″ N, 17° 11′ 27.28″ E
I2-Y3120>PH908	Pale	Istočna Bosna	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43° 48′ 45.36″ N, 18° 34′ 5.59″ E
J1-ZS4393>ZS9949	Poplat, Stolac	Hercegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43° 2′ 25.43″ N, 18° 0′ 1.37″ E
E-M35 v I2-M223	Rilić, Kupres	Bosanska Krajina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43° 54′ 46.8″ N, 17° 15′ 50.4″ E
J2-M205>Y22059	Rogatica	Istočna Bosna	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43° 47′ 55.82″ N, 19° 0′ 13.61″ E

[Ion Basescul]

Balkan Present-day populations	Balkans Iron Age cluster	SD	Russia_Ingria_IA	SD
Albanian	0.753	0.022	0.247	0.022
Bulgarian	0.622	0.021	0.378	0.021
Cretan	1.004	0.034	-0.004	0.034
Croatian	0.458	0.019	0.542	0.019
Greek_Cyclades	0.989	0.027	0.011	0.027
Greek_Dodecanese	1.211	0.039	-0.211	0.039
Greek_Macedonia	0.763	0.019	0.237	0.019
Greek_Peloponnese	0.866	0.024	0.134	0.024
Hungarian	0.372	0.018	0.628	0.018
Romanian	0.567	0.020	0.433	0.020
Kuline 10th c. CE	0.569	0.026	0.431	0.026
Serbian	0.514	0.017	0.486	0.017

[Ion Basescul]

Table ST11. Present-day Balkan two-way modeling with Greek_Empuries and present-day Russians as sources.

Balkan Present-day populations	Greek_Empuries	SD	Russian	SD
Albanian	0.624	0.021	0.376	0.021
Romanian	0.451	0.017	0.549	0.017
Bulgarian	0.507	0.017	0.493	0.017
Greek_Cyclades	0.811	0.024	0.189	0.024
Greek_Dodecanese	0.943	0.028	0.057	0.028
Greek_Macedonia	0.633	0.018	0.367	0.018
Greek_Peloponnese	0.710	0.021	0.290	0.021