The Origins of the Huns: DNA & History | Geneticist Razib Khan

In this episode geneticist Razib Khan takes us into a topic that remains controversial to this day and that is the origins of the Huns.

He starts off by describing how the Huns were seen in Late Antiquity and how they were described by ancient historians while acknowledging that we have to be careful with these sources due to their bias - after all these sources are from their enemies.

We discuss historiography on the origins of the Huns and what the traditional views have been and how they changed over time and why?

Finally we actually talk about the DNA itself and what it tells us about the Huns, their origins and their neighbors.

Lastly, we arrive at a controversial topic and that is the legacy of the Huns themselves..... who are their descendants?

Once again, we watch as DNA falls nicely into place and makes our understanding of the past much more clearer and yet.... even more complicated.

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[studyofantiquityandthemidd]

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[amyjones]

Recently found out that my great grandmother had the language Magyar on her immigration papers so I found this very interesting.

[studyofantiquityandthemidd]

Apologies on the original episode having sound issues! We hopefully have corrected it and we would appreciate a like, comment and share!

[loweffortamv]

Love the way this guy talks, both casual and academic at the same time

[williamgriebenow]

Been hooked on your channel lately and Hun/Xiongnu related topics are just my favorite.

[drumstudiomonchengladbach]

Thank you again! Your channel bears a treasure for everyone who's interested in history!

[shanecarubbi]

Absolutely great video Nick, please have Mr. Khan on as often as possible.

[gharryrhoads]

These guests keep getting better and better!

[prettysunshyngrl]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Thank you Mr Khan for sharing your amazing knowledge!

[ryanvalicek]

Fantastic interview. Thank you for both for being so straightforward.

[annepoitrineau]

It is so great to see Nick again. So sad to think he has gone forever. Warmest regards to hisfamily for 2024.

[markuhler]

Probably my favorite video you've done. Thank you very much.

[lightbox]

Budapest is my favorite city in the world.. I regularly rent apartments just off of Andreszi. From there, I can walk to several modern markets and an older, community oriented market. I attend weekly (Saturday ) live concerts at Lists hHouse for about $1.80. I have often wondered which stories to beleive about the Magyars and the history of Rome granting territory to the Huns in return for peace.

[faramund]

Good talk, I liked it. I mostly share his perspective at this point on the dynamic of Indo-Europeans.

And I'm glad he's honest about sharing what we think we know about the Huns and that the answer isn't certain yet.

[halley]

Excellent show:) Thanks for featuring him:)

[personofinterest]

I love this guy. Seems motivated by curiosity. No underlying agenda or need to lecture me on how I should think. Good stuff.

[noelleggett]

Magyar is not an English word, it is Hungarian. In Hungarian A is pronounced like a short O in English, and GY is pronounced like a soft G or J in English. Magyar is pronounced like MOJOR.

[MeLancer]

I enjoyed this. Many years ago we had friends who immigrated from Hungary. They self identified as Magyars. It seems like when we analyze ancient populations from Eastern Europe there are many connections between Magyars, Turkic people, Tartars, Scythian and Persian groups. In addition, we have Huns, Cimmerians, Kushans, Parthians, and Sarmatians.

[odilbekb-sarkaev]

The Hungarian Royal dynasty Arpad's Y haplosubclade is (was) R1a-Y2632 modern closest sample from the Bashkortostan sample Sur51 and modern the Serbian sample which derived from an Arpad's lineage. Majority of the Hungarians Y haplogroup N-L708 terminal haplosubclade N-Z1936 plus Uyelgi samples Y N-B540 and N-B545 and the sample which close to the modern Sakha-Yakut samples.

[Toktobay]

Early Turkic speakers, such as the Tiele (also known as Gaoche 高車, lit. "High Carts"), [104] may be related to the Book of Wei, the Tiele people were the remnants of the Chidi (赤狄), the red Di people competing with the Jin in the Spring and Autumn period.[106] Historically they were established after the 6th century BCE.[107]

Historical Arab and Persian descriptions of Turks state that they looked strange from their perspective and were extremely physically different from Arabs. Turks were described as "broad faced people with small eyes".[108][109] Medieval Muslim writers noted that Tibetans and Turks resembled each other, and that they often were not able to tell the difference between Turks and Tibetans.[110] Moreover, on Western Turkic coins "the faces of the governor and governess are clearly mongoloid (a roundish face, narrow eyes), and the portrait have definite old Türk features (long hair, absence of headdress of the governor, a tricorn headdress of the governess)".[111]