Genetic research conducted successively for
several years confirms the theory of the indigenous origin of the Slavs. Based
on the analysis of mtDNA (female) and Y-DNA (male) haplogroups, geneticists can
determine, among others, the kinship of individual nations, their age, mutation
or migration routes. Scientists have suggested that the ancestors of modern
Slavic populations may be representatives of Neolithic cultures or at least
from the Bronze Age in central Europe. Thus, archaeogenetics has become a new
field of science, also helpful in ethnogenetic research, and its importance in
determining the ethno- and topogeny of the Indo-Europeans, including the Slavs,
is invaluable.In this study, I present
a short history of archaeogenetic research and discuss the views of major
specialists and authors dealing with this subject. At the same time, I pay
special attention to the data and conclusions regarding the origin, routes and
time of migration of the population, which we can consider to be Proto-Slavic,
in order to make even more false the claims of Philo-Germanic scholars who
still use the inappropriate term “Indo-Germans” instead of “Indo-Europeans”.
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