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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by INTPenis on Saturday December 09, 2023 @08:45AM (#38581875)
This confirms what I already knew, as a millennial Croat. But I have some older relatives who could stand to read this. Unfortunately none of them can read english.
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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by foobarian on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:11AM (#38582036)
Do you think so? It looks like it just confirms the "from the century 7th" narrative (actually pushes it earlier a century if anything!) :-)
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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by Gare on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:50AM (#38582340)
They probably mean the part about Croats and Serbs being genetically almost the same. But this is also not something surprising to me.
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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by INTPenis on Saturday December 09, 2023 @05:51PM (#38586970)
Not the centuries specifically, more the fact that the whole region has always been, and still is, a melting pot of people from all surrounding regions.

A lot of the older generation are trying to emphasize our differences and even make wild claims that I won't repeat here. Those borders were drawn by people who are very similar.

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