Konstantinos Kara
06-18-2023, 01:43 PM
Abstract
The origins of the Albanian people have vexed linguists and historians for centuries, as Albanians
first appear in the historical record in the 11th century CE, while their language is one of the most
enigmatic branches of the Indo-European family. To identify the populations that contributed to
the ancestry of Albanians, we undertake a genomic transect of the Balkans over the last 8000 years,
where we analyse more than 6000 previously published ancient genomes using state-of-the-art
bioinformatics tools and algorithms that quantify spatiotemporal human mobility. We find that
modern Albanians descend from Roman era western Balkan populations, with additional
admixture from Slavic-related groups. Remarkably, Albanian paternal ancestry shows continuity
from Bronze Age Balkan populations, including those known as Illyrians. Our results provide an
unprecedented understanding of the historical and demographic processes that led to the formation
of modern Albanians and help locate the area where the Albanian language developed.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.05.543790v1#:~:text=We%20find%20that%20mod ern%20Albanians,including%20those%20known%20as%20I llyrians.
Things i found interesting
"The close clustering of BA-IA populations from Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia,
and northern Greece is also confirmed in proximate qpAdm models, as the Çinamak MLBA-IA
samples derive most of their ancestry from the West Balkans (Tables S8-S9), with a possible 15
25% contribution from a southeast Balkan source (Bulgaria EIA, Greece BA Mycenaean) after the
Middle Bronze Age (MBA) (Table S9). "
According to the Abstract:"We find that
modern Albanians descend from Roman era western Balkan populations, with additional
admixture from Slavic-related groups." That means that albanians derive some southeast balkan(Greek,Thracian ancestry).
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Albanians and roman era westbalkan people have the same distance to bronze age mycenaeans,so my theory is that modern albanians also derive 15-25%
of their ancestry from Greeks-Thracians.
Slavic Ancestry of albanians(my theory and proof)
I run a simple model to find the slavic ancestry of albanians
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There is even a study which says that albanians derive around 25% of their ancestry to slavs
121613
Things i dont think will pass the peer review
"We have shown that modern Albanians from Tirana derive 25-48% of their ancestry from a South
Slavic-related source (Fig. 7; Tables S16-S17)"
The origins of the Albanian people have vexed linguists and historians for centuries, as Albanians
first appear in the historical record in the 11th century CE, while their language is one of the most
enigmatic branches of the Indo-European family. To identify the populations that contributed to
the ancestry of Albanians, we undertake a genomic transect of the Balkans over the last 8000 years,
where we analyse more than 6000 previously published ancient genomes using state-of-the-art
bioinformatics tools and algorithms that quantify spatiotemporal human mobility. We find that
modern Albanians descend from Roman era western Balkan populations, with additional
admixture from Slavic-related groups. Remarkably, Albanian paternal ancestry shows continuity
from Bronze Age Balkan populations, including those known as Illyrians. Our results provide an
unprecedented understanding of the historical and demographic processes that led to the formation
of modern Albanians and help locate the area where the Albanian language developed.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.05.543790v1#:~:text=We%20find%20that%20mod ern%20Albanians,including%20those%20known%20as%20I llyrians.
Things i found interesting
"The close clustering of BA-IA populations from Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia,
and northern Greece is also confirmed in proximate qpAdm models, as the Çinamak MLBA-IA
samples derive most of their ancestry from the West Balkans (Tables S8-S9), with a possible 15
25% contribution from a southeast Balkan source (Bulgaria EIA, Greece BA Mycenaean) after the
Middle Bronze Age (MBA) (Table S9). "
According to the Abstract:"We find that
modern Albanians descend from Roman era western Balkan populations, with additional
admixture from Slavic-related groups." That means that albanians derive some southeast balkan(Greek,Thracian ancestry).
121611
Albanians and roman era westbalkan people have the same distance to bronze age mycenaeans,so my theory is that modern albanians also derive 15-25%
of their ancestry from Greeks-Thracians.
Slavic Ancestry of albanians(my theory and proof)
I run a simple model to find the slavic ancestry of albanians
121612
There is even a study which says that albanians derive around 25% of their ancestry to slavs
121613
Things i dont think will pass the peer review
"We have shown that modern Albanians from Tirana derive 25-48% of their ancestry from a South
Slavic-related source (Fig. 7; Tables S16-S17)"