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Genetic history of Scythia.
Science advances - 25 Jul 2025
Andreeva Tatiana V, Soshkina Anna D, Gusev Fedor E, Malyarchuk Alexandra B, Dotsenko Gleb S, Dudko Natalia A, Plotnikova Maria Yu, Kunizheva Svetlana S, Manakhov Andrey D, Ustkachkintseva Tatiana V, Protasova Maria S, Volodin Semyon A, Buzhilova Alexandra P, Razuvaev Yuriy D, Berezina Natalia Ya, Berezin Yakov B, Kantorovich Anatoly R, Maslov Vladimir E, Barinov Dmitry G, Dobrovolskaya Maria V, Rogaev Evgeny I
Abstract excerpt
Great Scythia was the ancient Greek name for the area stretching from the northern Black Sea coast to the Middle Don. Using high-quality genomic data generated from 131 ancient individuals from Great Scythia and neighboring regions of the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, we established the genetic structure of the Scythians, revealing their diverse origin with major European Bronze Age ancestral components, and...
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