What does Ancient DNA Reveals about the Balkans People Origin?

Where do peoples of the Balkans come from? For centuries, this question was debated among historians, linguists, and politicians, and today, for the first time, it is receiving an answer from DNA molecules extracted from bones two thousand years old. Two major international studies, published in Cell (2023) and Nature (2025), have reconstructed the genetic history of the region with a precision no earlier method could offer. Two major international studies, published in Cell (2023) and Nature (2025), have reconstructed the genetic history of the Balkans with a precision no earlier method...