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Peterski
09-10-2018, 06:23 PM
Slavic burials from 9th-11th century (radiocarbon-dated) with fully preserved skeletons:

https://www.wochenspiegel-web.de/autothumb/620x400/Neue_Gleise_auf_alten_Wegen_slawisches.jpg

https://www.wochenspiegel-web.de/autothumb/620x400/Neue_Gleise_auf_alten_Wegen_slawisches.jpg

^^^ Radiocarbon dating:

https://s14.postimg.cc/qc68brtht/Screen_Hunter_2341_Apr._23_10.10.jpg

The burial site is in Niederwünsch near Leipzig.

They should be similar to modern Sorbs (unless Sorbs are heavily German-admixed):

https://s14.postimg.cc/5fa074awh/Screen_Hunter_2342_Apr._23_10.15.jpg

They should collect DNA samples from these individuals ASAP.

Peterski
03-19-2019, 03:11 PM
And here we have Early Medieval Jewish DNA from Germany:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?282661-Ancient-Ashkenazi-Jewish-DNA