ouija ouija, on 08 February 2013 - 10:59 PM, said:
Did you just add that yourself?

He shouldn’t have, since
one of the most important Neanderthal finding sites is in Croatia, near Krapina (yes, town is really called Krapina

).
http://www.culturene...t.aspx?id=23639
Of course, the nations more to the south and to the east, like, say, Greeks or Bulgarians, are different story, but still they were not outside the possible Neanderthal interbreeding area (see map on the link above).
Logically, more east or south you go, greater the chance of seeing Asiatic or African influences. It's not just about glaciers, it's about constant migrations and interbreedings with no "pure" or "original" populations left anywhere in Europe. Especially not in Balkans, that was part of Ottoman Empire for 500 years. Unlike Balkan, Croatia was the European border, never part of that empire.
There are no
national genomes, only more and less prevalent mixtures, but certain political options are ignorant of that obvious fact, probably because they need to feel special. Oh, they are
special. Specially transparent, to be more precise.