Ancient DNA illuminates the Origins and Early Migrations of the Slavs

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Date and Time

November 11, 2025
05:00PM - 06:15PM EST

Location

CGIS S020 Belfer Case Study room (Lower Level)

How the Slavs Transformed Europe

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 5:00–6:30 PM (ET)

Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South S020 (Lower Level)
1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA

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Join us for a compelling lecture based on the latest breakthrough in ancient DNA research: a new study reveals that between the 6th and 8th centuries CE, a massive east-to-west migration replaced over 80% of the local gene pool in regions of present-day Eastern Germany, Poland, and Croatia.

Speakers

headshot of Dr. Joscha Gretzinger
Joscha Gretzinger
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 
 
headshot of Dr. Zuzana Hofmanová
Zuzana Hofmanová
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 

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Serhii Plokhii
Department of History, Harvard University 
 
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Jakub Kabala
History and Film, Media, and Digital Studies, Davidson College