Ancient Slavic European Presence Mielnik Sikorska

The History of Slavs Inferred From Complete Mitochrondrial Genome Sequences, by Marta Mielnik-Sikorska. 2013

The Ancient Presence of Slavic Peoples in Their Current Geographic European Locations. Implication: Nations and Peoples are Not Recent and Historically-Accidental Constructs

This fascinating research article is originally from PLOS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 1. It upends the old narrative of Slavic peoples being Johnny-come-latelys to Europe, along with the Pole-belittling mindset that this helped reinforce.

CONTRARY TO AGE-OLD GERMAN PROPAGANDA, SLAVS ARE NOT RECENT ARRIVALS TO EUROPE

Even without the striking new genetics evidence presented in this work, the anthropological evidence has already been pointing away from the old “allochthonic” theory, in which the Slavs are supposed to be recent arrivals in such places as present-day Poland. They instead indicate that Slavs have already been in present-day Poland for thousands of years. This is the “autochthonic” theory. Mielnik-Sikorska et al. write, “Based on the newest anthropological data it has been suggested that the area between the Oder and Vistula rivers witnessed continuity of human settlement between the Roman period and the early Middle Ages. Indeed, based on morphological features of skeletal materials it has been established that populations of the Przeworsk, Wielbark, and Cherniakhovo cultures from the Roman period bear close similarities to the early medieval Western Slavs and not to the medieval Germanic-speaking populations…Therefore, anthropological data received thus far make the ‘allochthonic’ hypothesis less plausible, especially in its extreme migrationist form.” (pp. 1-2).

Note that this refutes the old German imperialist claim that they were in the region between the Oder and Vistula “first”, and that Slavs came from the east and drove them out. It also suggests that, at least in some respects, Polish civilization is thousands of years old, and in some ways comparable to the celebrated ancient civilizations (e. g, Chinese, Egyptian, Jewish).

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA EVIDENCE PROVES THAT SLAVS HAVE BEEN INDIGENOUS TO THE REGIONS IN WHICH THEY NOW LIVE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS

The researchers describe mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) genetic markers that show that the Slavs are a huge, long-term biologically-natural assemblage of peoples. Mielnik-Sikorska et al. comment, “In particular, haplogroup H5a2 is almost exclusively represented by Slavs (Poles, Russians, Slovaks, and Ukrainians) and is dated at 2.5—5 ky.” [2,500 to 5,000 years old]. (p. 6).

They add that, “It is worth noting that two subbranches of previously-described U5a2 subhaplogroup: U5a2a and U5a2b1, which are frequently observed among Poles, Russians, Belarussians and Czechs are dated to ~6—7 kya.” [6,000 to 7,000 years old]. (p. 6).

The authors/researchers then list other mtDNA genetic markers, and conclude that these markers “…observed in central and eastern European populations indicate that some of the maternal ancestors of today’s Slavs (Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians, and Russians) inhabited areas of Central and Eastern Europe much earlier than was estimated on the basis of archeological and historical data. Indeed, we show here the existence of genetic continuity of several maternal lineages in Central Europe from the times of Bronze and Iron Ages.” (p. 6).

SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG-TERM PRESENCE OF SLAVS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

There have been many attempts, in the past, to delegitimize both the Polish nation and the Polish people, and these continue to the present. Consider the following:

In the events leading up to the Partitions, Poland was portrayed as incompetent and an accident. After all, if a nation is an accident, then it is just as easy to reverse this accident.

Communist ideology had promoted the notion that nations are recent developments, perhaps no older than the Industrial Revolution, and moreover are merely conceptual inventions of the upper classes. This was part of the Communist strategy of delegitimizing nations in favor of what Communists called class consciousness (as the only real consciousness), and class warfare.

The cultural Marxist and globalist successors of Communism have inherited the ideology of the recent origins of nations. It is easier to promote the watering down of national identities (in favor of “pluralism”, “diversity”, “inclusion”, and “all peoples are basically the same” memes) if national identities are portrayed as superficial, transient, and historically accidental. It is harder to do once they are recognized as indigenous and quasi-permanent in nature.

It is easier for certain Jews, animated by some version of a Poles-owe-Jews agenda, to promote the mostly-false notion that “Poland’s Jews were Poles”, if “Poland” and “Poles” are themselves framed as vague or indefinite entities. It is harder to do so once “Poland” and “Poles” are shown to be very real, very old, very distinctive, and fundamentally different from Jews.

It is easier to promote internationalist political ideologies (e. g, the European Union, and an eventual world government) if nations are successfully portrayed as recent and ephemeral constructs, and harder to do so if they are recognized as long-established units.

Finally, it is easier for Eurocrats and globalists to try to force Third World immigrants upon Poland if not only Poland but also Poles are successfully portrayed as largely arbitrary constructs, moreover the outcome of recent and largely arbitrary amalgamations of peoples. It is more difficult to do this if Poland and Poles are understood to possess an ethnic core that has persisted for many thousands of years.