HistoGenes in the Media

Johannes Krause

February 2025 | Spiegel

Kamen die Hunnen doch nicht aus Asien?

The most recent HistoGenes publication sheds some light on the Huns. In this article the author summarizes the findings, thereby opening the subject to a much wider audience. He highlights how the low ammount of East-Asian DNA indicates a prolonged migration and therefore complex admixture of DNA.

See: https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/herkunft-der-hunnen-kamen-die-reiterkrieger-nicht-aus-asien-a-4b785088-5cb7-45d0-9a1a-6515a99119f7 for the full article (in German).

Johannes Krause

February 2025 | ERC Website "Projects and statistics"

Decoding Europe’s genetic puzzle

In an effort to introduce different ERC projects to the public, the ERC website regularly publishes articles about its funded projects. A recent one talked about the HistoGenes research questions and how the team aims to influence discourse about identity and origin in early medieval communities through a transdisciplinary approach.

See: https://erc.europa.eu/projects-statistics/science-stories/decoding-europes-genetic-puzzle

for the full article.

January 2025 | Der Standard

Mödling und Leobersdorf schlafen nicht miteinander: Was die Gräber der Awaren verraten

The author summarizes the findings from the January 2025 Nature article "Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture" and complements those findings with some quotes by HistoGenes researchers.

Der Standard 15.01.2025: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000243641/moedling-und-leobersdorf-schlafen-nicht-miteinander-was-die-graeber-der-awaren-verraten (in German)

Walter Pohl

October 2024 | Der Standard

DNA-Analysen stellen Wissen über Völkerwanderung in Frage

This article summarizes the project methodology of incorporating different disciplines to answer questions about migration and identity, while addressing the dangers of a (solely) genetics-based-identity conception in the modern world.

Der Standard 16.10.2024: https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000240374/dna-analysen-stellen-wissen-ueber-voelkerwanderung-in-frage (in German)

Tivadar Vida

May 2024 | Byzantium & Friends

Podcast episode: Human paleontogenetics and late antique migration: a cross discipline discussion

In a recent episode of Byzantium & Friends moderated by Anthony Kaldellis, Patrick Geary, Janet Kay, István Koncz and Krishna Veeramah discussed the projects methods and their respective disciplines abilities to complement eacht others weakspots.

Byzantium & Friends (for free): https://byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com/e/117-human-paleogenetics-and-late-antique-migration-a-cross-discipline-discussion/

February 2022 | Austrian Academy of Sciences

Walter Pohl about HistoGenes

In this short portrait cPI Walter Pohl talks about the research on identity, migration, integration and acculturation of people in the distant past, and what makes the HistoGenes project so unique (in German).

Interview on 10 November 2021 | University of Turin

Identity, Ethnicity and Historical Genetics

In a short interview at the University of Turin, Patrick J. Geary talks about medieval history and its relationship to the present, and what we can learn about society from genetics.