Skeleton
06-11-2020, 01:06 AM
Modern-day DNA studies show that Poles and therefore I assume West Slavs as well descend from the Bronze and Iron Age inhabitants of that region. So is it safe to conclude that West Slavs aren't Slavic in any way and are just Slavicized?
Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilineal Continuity in Present-Day Poland over the Last Two Millennia
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110839
Bronze Age DNA Shows Direct Genetic Link to Current Inhabitants of Southern Poland
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/node/82059
"It seems that we are dealing with an interesting genetic continuation in the population living in Kujawy from the early Middle Ages to the 19th century. The roots of these populations probably reach the Neolithic, perhaps even the Mesolithic"
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C77351%2C3d-scans-skulls-and-collection-ancient-dna-will-be-available-information-platform-e
Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilineal Continuity in Present-Day Poland over the Last Two Millennia
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110839
Bronze Age DNA Shows Direct Genetic Link to Current Inhabitants of Southern Poland
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/node/82059
"It seems that we are dealing with an interesting genetic continuation in the population living in Kujawy from the early Middle Ages to the 19th century. The roots of these populations probably reach the Neolithic, perhaps even the Mesolithic"
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C77351%2C3d-scans-skulls-and-collection-ancient-dna-will-be-available-information-platform-e