Publications by authors named "Gabor Lorinczy"
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- After 568 AD, the Avars established the Avar Qaganate in the Carpathian Basin, becoming a significant power in Central Europe until the 9th century.
- Genetic studies of 26 individuals, including a notable elite group buried over a century after the Avar conquest, reveal maternal and paternal links to various East-Central Asian populations.
- The Y chromosomes show limited diversity among the elite males, indicating strong familial ties and a tendency towards endogamy within the Avar ruling class post-conquest.
Hun, Avar and conquering Hungarian nomadic groups arrived to the Carpathian Basin from the Eurasian Steppes and significantly influenced its political and ethnical landscape, however their origin remains largely unknown. In order to shed light on the genetic affinity of above groups we have determined Y chromosomal haplogroups and autosomal loci, suitable to predict biogeographic ancestry, from 49 individuals, supposed to represent the power/military elit. Haplogroups from the Hun-age are consistent with Xiongnu ancestry of European Huns.
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