After The Romans
LINK: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/fall-of-rome-small-migrations-central-europe/ Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe by Dario Radley May 1, 2026 A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end of Roman rule in Central Europe. The research, led by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and published in Nature, draws on 258 genomes from cemeteries dated between 400 and 700 CE. The team compared these data with more than 2,800 ancient and modern genomes from across Germany. Anthropological analysis of a skeleton from the early medieval site at Altheim near Landshut at the State Collection for Anthropology Munich (SAM). Credit: Harbeck/SAM Many towns in the region began as settleme...