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Western Ukrainian from Boyko highlanders ethnographic group: East_Cent_Euro 17.18% Eastern_Euro 13.04% Italian 12.57% Iberian 11.30% Central_Euro 8.71% East_Balkan 8.52% North_Atlantic 4.69% East_Med 4.20% Fennoscandian 4.10% French 3.22% North_Sea 2.94% Volga-Ural 2.93%...

Carpatho-Rusyn DNA Project on FTDNA encompassing mountainous regions of Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine: E1-24,4% I1-5,8% I2a-14% I2b-1,1% J2-2,3% N1-1,1% R1a-39,5% R1a1a1g(M458+)-8,1% R1a1a1g2(L260+)-8,1% R1b-10,5% R2-1,1% Interesting enough, there are almost no E1b1b1 in Zamagurie region DNA...

There were two kinds of impulses which created the Przeworsk culture: the southern one - Silesian celts and the northern one - Germanics from northern Denmark (Bornholm). The latter borrowed a lot from celts - military technics, religious practices, etc. Mention should be also made of the local...

The findings do not, in my opinion, contradict the Greek-and-Roman E1b1b1 spread theory. The pre-Greek E-v13 might have been superseded, the same as G2a , with the advancement of R1b and celebrated a substantial comeback with the development of Greek colonies.

All continentals except Scandinavian R1a and M458 fall within this group. I suspect it to be a Proto-Baltic (Fatyanovo culture) marker. The major intrigue now is about the place of M458, whether it is a downstream of Z284 or a separate Central-european clade.

Now that I think about possible connections between I2a2 and Scythians, the first thing which enters my head is Chernoles culture - the Scythian ploughmen. Ethnically and anthropologically these were different from Scythian warriors - the ruling elite class, which resided in the Pontic steppe...