Archaeogeneticists on the Origin of the Indo-Europeans, with Particular Emphasis on the Pre-Slavs as Their Oldest Ancestors

Abstract

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".