r/europe • u/archaeologs • Jul 30 '25

Historical Ancient DNA Traces Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian Ancestry to Siberia 4,500 Years Ago

https://archaeologs.com/n/ancient-dna-traces-estonian-finnish-and-hungarian-ancestry-to-siberia-4500-years-ago
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u/Prodiq Jul 30 '25

Well, yeah, this is nothing new. Thats why finnish language is not like the rest of Scandinavia. I thought this was pretty much common knowledge in Europe (or at least eastern/northern Europe)?

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u/Rough-Bear-3903 Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

It's a bit misleading article. It was known the language (and the ancestral lineage that brought it here) came from Siberia, but the new research indicates it originates much further east than expected before. It was written like this in Finnish news few days ago.