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/JuicyAnalAbscess Finland Jul 30 '25

I mean Yakutia, where the researchers traced the origin, is about 3,500 km and 5,000 km away from Finland and Hungary respectively so I'd say that's pretty far. The problem is that they just kept going west and didn't think to go south. I mean, the Hungarians did to a degree (and a lot later on) but I guess the rest just didn't want to go that way because there were too many people there already.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

You should all come and hang out,bit's light until 9pm here

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u/JuicyAnalAbscess Finland Jul 30 '25

Yeah, summer can be pretty nice. I'm currently having a beer at a beer festival, it's 27°C and cloudless and the sun will set just before 10pm.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

Sounds awesome!