Avar people’s history uncovered by DNA analysis
derstandard.at · 14 October 2026
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Researchers in Austria analysed DNA from grave sites in Mödling and Leobersdorf to learn about the history of the Avars, a nomadic people who migrated from Asia to Europe and settled in the Vienna Basin.
Around 1300 years ago, people in Leobersdorf did not marry people in nearby Mödling, despite belonging to the same Avar culture and possessing similar jewellery. The Natural History Museum Vienna is now displaying the findings in a special exhibition called GENchangers.
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