A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first ... Ancient Balkan genomes trace the rise ... with 30-40% in mainland Greece and up to 20% ...

The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is participating in the first reconstruction of the genomic history of the first millennium of the Balkan Peninsula. The study has revealed that the ...

Split into various tribes and kingdoms, the Illyrians flourished in the western Balkan Peninsula, on a swath of land now occupied by Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece.

Despite the Roman Empire's extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic ...

The historical and cultural heritage of Greece continues to resonate throughout the modern Western world - in its literature, art, philosophy and politics. Situated in the far south of the Balkan ...