New DNA Evidence Reveals Origins of Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian Languages

July 10, 2025 • by Marc Airhart

The study identifies an ancestral population in Central Siberia linked to the origin of Uralic languages.

An archaeological dig reveals a burial site with human bones and a series of rectangular armor plates made from animal bone.

Warrior funeral with bone armor plates in the Kyordyughen site in Central Siberia, from about 4,000 years ago. A similar plate armor was documented in the Seima Turboino site in Southwestern Siberia, which illustrates the western transfer of cultural traditions, in addition to Uralic languages, in connection with the Seima Turboino phenomenon. Photo credit: Aleksandr Stepanov.


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