% pubman genre = article @article{item_3637676, title = {{Ancient genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between the European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire}}, author = {Gnecchi Ruscone, Guido Alberto and R{\'a}cz, Zs{\'o}fia and Liccardo, Salvatore and Lee, Juhyeon and Huang, Yilei and Traverso, Luca and Radzeviciute, Rita and Hajnal, Zsuzsanna and Sz{\'e}cs{\'e}nyi-Nagy, Anna and Gyuris, Bal{\'a}zs and Mateovics-L{\'a}szl{\'o}, Orsolya and Bernert, Zsolt and Szeniczey, Tam{\'a}s and Hajdu, Tam{\'a}s and M{\'e}sz{\'a}ros, Bogl{\'a}rka and B{\'a}lint, Marianna and Mende, Bal{\'a}zs Guszt{\'a}v and Miller, Bryan and Samashev, Zainolla and Childebayeva, Ainash and Djansugurova, Leyla and Geary, Patrick and Ringbauer, Harald and Vida, Tivadar and Jeong, Choongwon and Pohl, Walter and Krause, Johannes and Hofmanov{\'a}, Zuzana}, language = {eng}, issn = {0027-8424; 1091-6490}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.2418485122}, year = {2025}, date = {2025}, abstract = {{Significance{\textless}br{\textgreater}Given their historical impact, the question of the origins of the European Huns, who they were and where they came from, has gone beyond scholarly interest and has permeated into cultural consciousness. Since the first theories that associated the Huns with the Xiongnu, academics have extensively researched and debated this topic, never reaching a consensus{\textemdash}except perhaps agreeing that the evidence available is very limited. In this article, we show that archaeogenomic data, if interpreted with careful archaeological and historical contextualization, can be a powerful source of information. We provide new compelling evidence on the origins of the Hun-period population, its considerable diversity and its ties to the steppe and the Xiongnu elites.}}, journal = {{Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}}, volume = {122}, number = {9}, eid = {e2418485122}, }