Ancient DNA reveals diverse origins at a 7th-century Madrid burial site
El Rebollar: A Mountain Church Full of Surprises High in Spain's Sierra de Guadarrama, a seventh-century church at El Boalo served as both house of worship and house of the dead. At first glance it seems a remote, isolated place — yet the burials inside tell a far more
Roman Hispania’s Lasting Genetic Legacy
Roman Hispania: A Mediterranean Crossroads Before Rome, the Iberian Peninsula was a patchwork of local communities. Then came one of western Europe’s great turning points. Iberia became a central province in a vast system stretching from the Atlantic to Syria, transformed not just by conquest but by movement. Soldiers
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Haplogroup G2a2b2b
At Anghelu Ruju in Sardinia, two Neolithic men dated to around 4000 BC, samples I15947 and I15944, carry the Y-DNA haplogroup G2a2b2b. That matters because Anghelu Ruju is not just any prehistoric site. It is one of the island's best-known burial landscapes, part of the deep Mediterranean world
Haplogroup Q1b1a1a1k1
At Laguna de los Condores in the cloud forests of northern Peru, a remarkable cluster of late pre-Hispanic burials has given geneticists something unusually valuable: not just one ancient man tied to the Y-DNA haplogroup Q1b1a1a1k1, but several closely related sample designations from the same Chachapoyas context around AD 1455.
Haplogroup G2a3b1a2
At Collegno, just outside Turin in northern Italy, a cluster of sixth-century burials has become one of the clearest windows into the unsettled world after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Among the men buried there, several samples associated with Y-DNA haplogroup G2a3b1a2 stand out: COL_136, COL_136b,
Haplogroup G2a2a1a2a1
At Oberbipp in Switzerland, two men from the Late Neolithic, both dated to around 3190 BC and identified as MX182 and MX183, carry the same paternal signal used for this article: G2a2a1a2a1. That is immediately interesting because Oberbipp sits in the world of Europe's first established farming communities,
Haplogroup A1b1b2a
At Oakhurst in the Western Cape of South Africa, ancient DNA has put a very old paternal line into unusually clear focus. Two men dated to around 4400 BC, identified as OAK003_B0101 and OAK003_B0103, and another individual from the same region dated to about 3400 BC, OAK014_A0103,
Haplogroup N1a1a1a1a1a1a7a
One of the more arresting appearances of haplogroup N1a1a1a1a1a1a7a comes not from a remote prehistory, but from a named medieval ruler: Grand Prince Dmitry Alexandrovich of the Rurik dynasty, dated to AD 1294 and identified here as sample Nev2. That matters because it places this paternal line in a dynastic
Haplogroup C2a1a
At Leobersdorf in Lower Austria, one early medieval grave stands out not because it was royal or lavishly described, but because it helps pin a very old paternal line to a very mobile world. The man catalogued as LEO008, dated to about AD 720 and identified with an Avar-period burial,
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Belgae Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Belgae The ethnic name Belgae comes from the Proto-Celtic word Bolgi which means "The People who Swell with anger or battle fury". These Celtic people lived north of the Gauls and Aquitani and differed by language, customs
Visigoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Visigoths The Visigoths emerged from earlier Germanic Gothic groups (possibly the Thervingi) who had invaded the Roman Empire beginning in 376 and had defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Relations between the Romans and the
Scythians Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Scythians Scythians had a reputation as the epitome of savagery and barbarism - they were among the earliest peoples to master mounted warfare. They lived in tent-covered wagons and fought with composite bows shot from horseback. With great mobility,
Ostrogoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Ostrogoths Originating from Scandinavia, the Goths of Eastern Europe were shattered when Attila and the Huns blasted onto the scene. The Gothic kingdom was split - those who crossed the Danube to enter the Roman Empire became the Visigoths.Haplogroups and Noble Lines
Haplogroup G2a2b2b
At Anghelu Ruju in Sardinia, two Neolithic men dated to around 4000 BC, samples I15947 and I15944, carry the Y-DNA haplogroup G2a2b2b. That matters because Anghelu Ruju is not just any prehistoric site. It is one of the island's best-known burial landscapes, part of the deep Mediterranean world
Haplogroup Q1b1a1a1k1
At Laguna de los Condores in the cloud forests of northern Peru, a remarkable cluster of late pre-Hispanic burials has given geneticists something unusually valuable: not just one ancient man tied to the Y-DNA haplogroup Q1b1a1a1k1, but several closely related sample designations from the same Chachapoyas context around AD 1455.
Haplogroup G2a3b1a2
At Collegno, just outside Turin in northern Italy, a cluster of sixth-century burials has become one of the clearest windows into the unsettled world after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Among the men buried there, several samples associated with Y-DNA haplogroup G2a3b1a2 stand out: COL_136, COL_136b,
Haplogroup G2a2a1a2a1
At Oberbipp in Switzerland, two men from the Late Neolithic, both dated to around 3190 BC and identified as MX182 and MX183, carry the same paternal signal used for this article: G2a2a1a2a1. That is immediately interesting because Oberbipp sits in the world of Europe's first established farming communities,Latest Articles
Haplogroup G2a2b2b
At Anghelu Ruju in Sardinia, two Neolithic men dated to around 4000 BC, samples I15947 and I15944, carry the Y-DNA haplogroup G2a2b2b. That matters because Anghelu Ruju is not just any prehistoric site. It is one of the island's best-known burial landscapes, part of the deep Mediterranean world
Haplogroup Q1b1a1a1k1
At Laguna de los Condores in the cloud forests of northern Peru, a remarkable cluster of late pre-Hispanic burials has given geneticists something unusually valuable: not just one ancient man tied to the Y-DNA haplogroup Q1b1a1a1k1, but several closely related sample designations from the same Chachapoyas context around AD 1455.
Haplogroup G2a3b1a2
At Collegno, just outside Turin in northern Italy, a cluster of sixth-century burials has become one of the clearest windows into the unsettled world after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Among the men buried there, several samples associated with Y-DNA haplogroup G2a3b1a2 stand out: COL_136, COL_136b,
Haplogroup G2a2a1a2a1
At Oberbipp in Switzerland, two men from the Late Neolithic, both dated to around 3190 BC and identified as MX182 and MX183, carry the same paternal signal used for this article: G2a2a1a2a1. That is immediately interesting because Oberbipp sits in the world of Europe's first established farming communities,
Haplogroup A1b1b2a
At Oakhurst in the Western Cape of South Africa, ancient DNA has put a very old paternal line into unusually clear focus. Two men dated to around 4400 BC, identified as OAK003_B0101 and OAK003_B0103, and another individual from the same region dated to about 3400 BC, OAK014_A0103,
Haplogroup N1a1a1a1a1a1a7a
One of the more arresting appearances of haplogroup N1a1a1a1a1a1a7a comes not from a remote prehistory, but from a named medieval ruler: Grand Prince Dmitry Alexandrovich of the Rurik dynasty, dated to AD 1294 and identified here as sample Nev2. That matters because it places this paternal line in a dynastic
Haplogroup C2a1a
At Leobersdorf in Lower Austria, one early medieval grave stands out not because it was royal or lavishly described, but because it helps pin a very old paternal line to a very mobile world. The man catalogued as LEO008, dated to about AD 720 and identified with an Avar-period burial,
