BREAKING NEWS - New DNA Insights into Bronze Age Greece // Mycenaeans & Minoans

What an incredible era for studying the past !

I am not a geneticist. Just an interested person adding context to finds from Greece.

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[MH-lnpv]

The days when 'legendary' actually meant legendary.

[GroupieImp]

History is actually a lot more interesting than was implied at school! Thank you!

[draganjagodic]

There is something fascinating in those early Mediterranean people. Almost like a potion of eternal civilisational youth.

[ronalddevine]

I enjoy your videos. I've been to Mycenae, and Knossos. Fascinating. My wife is from Greece, and we enjoy your videos. Can't wait for Covid 19 to pass so we can return. Keep up the good work

[phdtobe]

Pete, you are now my go-to source on YouTube for breaking archaeology news. Keep it up!

[brightonmick]

Good visuals, clear rhythmic narration, stories that hook with their novel theses: winner, winner, chicken dinner. Nothing less than I'd expect from a Kelly. Well done, Pete 🙂

[ministryoftruth]

"immense cyclopean masonry" *Lovecraft intensifies*

[ProudbGreek]

DNA evidence showed that modern Greeks are on average 70 to 75% identical to the Mycenaeans and Minoans, the later Greek invasions of Ionians, Dorians and Aeolians as you mentioned did not result in the extermination of the Mycenaeans but their assimilation.

[jeremy]

These are the subjects that most interest me. I love ancient history.

[kevinkirkbride]

Fascinating! I love that DNA technology today is able to answer long asked questions and clear up long believed myths. I look forward to hearing about your travels!

[littledikkins]

The mapping of the human genome and the subsequent DNA extraction techniques will continue to rewrite ancient history and prehistory for decades to come. I wish I could be around for all of it.

[CompulsoryReading]

ILY! Thanks for making these videos. I hope making them makes you as happy as watching them makes me. Love and light to you and may the ancestors bless you for sharing their truths. <333

[georgegreek]

Gland that you share important stuff of our history.Greetings from Greece!

[makinoahcelloduo]

I always get Ajax the Strong mixed up with his cousin, Ajax the Cleanser.

[wendyarmstrong]

Hopefully all this madness clears itself out soon. How else can you perform your "magic " and take us along to your travels? Pete, thanks for the exciting topics you so carefully choose and spend hours to research and bring to us. Please we want more of it!

[radstar]

Can you cover the vinca culture please? I'd love to know more about them since they're supposed to have built settlement in Europe around 5000 bc.

[PtolemyVV]

This is not really breaking. There are genetic studies in 2013, 2015, and the most conclusive one in 2017 that show the near identical genetic similarities of the Minoan Greeks 5000 years ago, the Mycenean Greeks 3500 years ago up to the modern Greeks today. And it's not so strange. Culturally it's one big continuity in many ways seen. In language, in cultural traditions, agricultural practices, cuisine, continuing from Minoans to Myceneans and picking up again in classical Greece and so on. To arts and so on. The worst period in Greece's history is possibly the Greek Dark ages to which 80% of the population may have died. Also all of the European farmers originate from Greece and Western Anatolia 7000 BCE.
Also. Not to forget. Trade and civilization throughout Greece was extensive already in 7000 BCE. With many neolithic sites found dated to these dates in the last 10 years. An important aspect to note is that Obsidian was found even in the northern corners of Greece in Kastoria which shows trade in Greece, as Obsidian is found only on the island of Milos which is 600 km away from Kastoria. And since Greece is 80% mountains and then 6000 islands around the mainland, there are cultural deviations within the Greek geography, but the Minoans and Mycenean cases who come from the Greek islands and the other from the Greek mainland, they are of the same genetic stock

[katrinaclinton]

Love it. Watching shows like yours on YouTube is my only access to News and history since I am on a very low income. I appreciate all you do to bring this information to light into the world. And you have a lovely voice to listen to!

[graymcgoldrick]

ThNk you so much for opening up this aspect of history and the insights and observations as they are to make this interesting to most people.
Much appreciated

[Billieftw]

WHAT a video!! As a Hellene/Greek it gave chills...