Sensational investigation: did the Slavs originate in the territory of the Belarusian Polesia?

[Krivich]

I2a1b is 11,7% among Russians, 18% among Belarusians and 20-21% among Ukrainians.

Yes, this is a southern influence. Belarusians are more southern than Russians. And Ukrainians can sometimes be confused with a resident of the Balkans.

[Pribislav]

Yes, this is a southern influence. Belarusians are more southern than Russians. And Ukrainians can sometimes be confused with a resident of the Balkans.

I have seen some Belarusians who are tall, robust, with brown/dark brown hair and CM influence.

I heard that people from Polesia are predominantly brunettes and they are pretty tall on average.

[Krivich]

So the Kolochin culture is Baltic? In Russian sources is said that there lived Slavs and Dineper Balts.

Yes, this is Balt's culture. Most scientists think so. For example, in Russia Sedov archeologist. But in fact it is very confusing. I can not say all this for 100%

[Vlatko Vukovic]

Yes, this is Balt's culture. Most scientists think so. For example, in Russia Sedov archeologist. But in fact it is very confusing. I can not say all this for 100%

On the Russian wikipedia it's said Dniepr Balts and Slavs.

[Krivich]

I have seen some Belarusians who are tall, robust, with brown/dark brown hair and CM influence.

I heard that people from Polesia are predominantly brunettes and they are pretty tall on average.

Yes, the Belarusians are on average black compared to the Russians. Ukrainians are southern Europeans.

Growth is the impact of the environment and the standard of living and nutrition. Belarusians now live well.

[Token]

According to you, in which time approximately, the Slavic splitted from so called "Balto-Slavic" ?

Slavic began to differentiate from Baltic around 1500BC, in the southern periphery of the Baltic-Slavic dialect continuum. The presence of Eastern Iranian loanwords and Scythian artifacts in this particular culture makes me inclined to associate pre-Slavic with Chernoles-Komarov. This contact in particular, together with the later association with the Vistula Veneti, responsible for the strong Celtic substratum in modern Slavic languages, was essential for the beginning of the identification of Slavs as a distinct ethnic group, which probably occured around 200BC, with Zarubintsy, already showing strong La Tené Venetic influences.

[Pribislav]

Yes, the Belarusians are on average black compared to the Russians. Ukrainians are southern Europeans.

Growth is the impact of the environment and the standard of living and nutrition. Belarusians now live well.

Do you think that Russians are more depigmented than Belarusians and Ukrainians due to higher Baltic and Finno-Ugric influence?

[Krivich]

Do you think that Russians are more depigmented than Belarusians and Ukrainians due to higher Baltic and Finno-Ugric influence?

The Russians are easier because of the lesser influence of the southern peoples. I think that the Balts were originally so. And, maybe, these are not balts, but the undifferentiated Baltic Slavs. This version does not contradict all versions.

PS We are not as white as laboratory mice - Veps or Karelians. In our Central European pigmentation there are no dark types or very few.

[Pribislav]

The Russians are easier because of the lesser influence of the southern peoples. I think that the Balts were originally so. And, maybe, these are not balts, but the undifferentiated Baltic Slavs. This version does not contradict all versions.

PS We are not as white as laboratory mice - Veps or Karelians. In our Central European pigmentation there are no dark types or very few.

What is your opinion about Varangian influence in phenotypes of eastern Slavs?

Scandinavian haplogroups among Russians are probably 5-10%.

[Krivich]

What is your opinion about Varangian influence in phenotypes of eastern Slavs?

Scandinavian haplogroups among Russians are probably 5-10%.

Scandinavian contribution to the gene pool was. But over time it became invisible among the numerous Balto-Slavs. I1a is a local haplogroup in Russia. It's from the Paleo-Europeans. And in Scandinavia I1a from the paleo-Europeans. It's just that we have a common ancient substrate.