Ancient DNA from Czechia

Main archaeological groups: Czechia EBA Unetice (113), Czechia BellBeaker (61), Czechia IA LaTene (58), Czechia EBA CordedWare (48), Czechia LBA (31).
Most frequent Y-DNA lines: R1b (124), I2a (46), R1a (30), G2a (14), F (4), H (4).
Most frequent mtDNA lines: U5a (36), U5b (36), K1a (33), J1c (29), T2b (19), H (15).

📊 How Czechia's DNA changed over 10,000 years: hunter-gatherers, farmers, steppe herders and later arrivals, period by period.

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Period by period

Excavation sites

• Praha-Jinonice 47, 4,500 BC to AD 1751
• Vliněves 46, 4,191 BC to 1,600 BC
• Makotřasy 28, 4,094 BC to 3,576 BC
• Radovesice 22, 2,642 BC to 2,121 BC
• Praha-Stodůlky-Malá-Ohrada 21, 3,576 BC to 1,975 BC
• Brandýsek 18, 3,467 BC to AD 721
• Hostivice-Palouky 18, 3,550 BC to 1,008 BC
• Radovesice-2 18, 425 BC to 225 BC
• Praha-Kobylisy-Ke-Stírce 17, 4,421 BC to 1,804 BC
• Mikulovice 15, 2,285 BC to 1,709 BC
• Kolín-1 12, 2,811 BC to 1,787 BC
• Kněževes 11, 2,300 BC to 2,021 BC
• Radovesice-1 11, 320 BC to 247 BC
• Brandýs-nad-Labem 10, 2,134 BC to 1,822 BC
• Konobrže 8, 1,375 BC to AD 488
• Praha-Miškovice 8, 2,221 BC to 1,707 BC
• Praha-Zahradnictví 8, 4,488 BC to 2,076 BC
• Chleby 7, 2,050 BC to 1,947 BC
• Holubice 7, 3,663 BC to AD 592
• Praha-Jinonice-Butovická 7, 2,350 BC to 2,156 BC
• Radovesice_II 7, 304 BC to 273 BC
• Roudnice-nad-Labem 7, 2,050 BC to 2,047 BC
• Tuchoměřice 7, 4,130 BC to 2,929 BC
• Bílina-Rudiay-1 6, 3,600 BC to 1,025 BC
• Chouč 6, 1,050 BC to AD 941
• Dolní Věstonice-2 6, 29,065 BC to 27,850 BC
• Kolín-Šťáralka 6, 3,754 BC to 3,650 BC
• Lovosice 6, 2,150 BC to 675 BC
• Praha-Ruzyně 6, 2,520 BC to 400 BC
• Stradonice 6, 675 BC to 642 BC
• Moravská-Nová-Ves 5, 2,300 BC to 2,150 BC
• Praha-Ďáblice 5, 2,214 BC to 2,067 BC
• Velké-Přílepy 5, 2,806 BC to 2,200 BC
• Břvany 4, 2,025 BC to 884 BC
• Hostivice 4, 2,300 BC to 2,227 BC
• Konobrže-#? 4, 2,750 BC to 2,448 BC
• Obříství 4, 2,885 BC to 2,432 BC
• Poláky 4, 675 BC to 643 BC
• Hostivice-Sadova 3, 5,250 BC to 3,448 BC
• Kolín-2 3, 2,381 BC to 2,210 BC
• Kolín-6 3, 2,392 BC to 2,300 BC
• Kolín-7 3, 2,174 BC to 2,035 BC
• Luzice 3, AD 574 to AD 592
• Praha-Zličín 3, 1,050 BC to 918 BC
• Stadice 3, 2,927 BC to 2,550 BC
• Trmice 3, 2,700 BC to 2,670 BC
• Blšany 2, 2,742 BC to 2,725 BC
• Březno-u-Loun 2, 3,870 BC to 3,571 BC
• Bžany 2, 5,250 BC
• Čachovice 2, 2,399 BC to 2,325 BC
• Kolín 2, 4,825 BC to 4,544 BC
• Lovosice-2 2, 802 BC to 557 BC
• Plotiště-nad-Labem 2, 2,893 BC to 2,703 BC
• Praha-Nové-Butovice 2, 2,400 BC to 2,385 BC
• Tišice 2, 2,520 BC to 2,376 BC
• Velké-Žernoseky 2, 2,625 BC
• Zlatý-kůň 2, 43,925 BC
• Bílina-Büschel 1, 1,050 BC
• Bílina-Titzler 1, 3,447 BC
• Dobroměřice 1, 3,435 BC
• Dolní Věstonice 1, 28,400 BC
• Droužkovice 1, 2,747 BC
• Hrbovice 1, 289 BC
• Kralice-na-Hané 1, 5,250 BC
• Lochenice 1, 2,300 BC
• Mužský-Hrada 1, 3,447 BC
• Neratovice 1, 4,126 BC
• Plzeň-Křimice 1, 5,250 BC
• Předměřice-nad-Labem 1, 2,675 BC
• Toušeň 1, 2,762 BC
• Vedrovice 1, 5,146 BC
• Zeleneč 1, 2,400 BC

Source: Allen Ancient DNA Resource v66 (Mallick et al. 2024), individuals with a date and coordinates; samples the AADR flags as misdated are left out. Group names are those of the original studies. Haplogroups are shown when they could be read from the ancient DNA.