The Fisher-Foragers of Lepenski Vir

At Lepenski Vir, above the whirlpools of the Danube's Iron Gates, forager-fishermen built Europe's first planned settlement and carved enigmatic fish-faced idols found nowhere else on Earth. Their genomes record the exact moment Europe changed forever: local hunter-gatherers meeting, mixing with, and finally giving way to the first farmers arriving from Anatolia.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in The genomic history of Southeastern Europe.

Every Ancestrify Global25 report includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because these are a small group of real individuals, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances — that is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that the Fisher-Foragers of Lepenski Vir are your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about the full G25 analysis.

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  Who were the Fisher-Foragers of Lepenski Vir?

  The Fisher-Foragers of Lepenski Vir (c. 9500–5500 BCE, Iron Gates, Serbia) are one of the Iconic discoveries entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by 12 sequenced ancient genomes published in the study "The genomic history of Southeastern Europe".

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  What does "matching" the Fisher-Foragers of Lepenski Vir mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

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  Are they my ancestor?

  No — and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near theirs in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

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  How do I see my own distance to the Fisher-Foragers of Lepenski Vir?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestrify Global25 report — never sold separately. Order the G25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

The catalog holds every published entry across three tiers — browse the full Notable Matches directory. Nearby entries:

• The Farmers of Çatalhöyükc. 7100–5900 BCE

• The Doggerland Foragersc. 8400–7200 BCE

• The First Farmers of Nea Nikomedeiac. 6300–6000 BCE

• Loschbour Manc. 6100 BCE

• The Shum Laka Childrenc. 6000 BCE and 1000 BCE

• The Hòabìnhian of Pha Faenc. 6000 BCE

• The First Farmers of Starčevoc. 6200–5500 BCE

• Cheddar Manc. 8300 BCE

• The First People of Lagoa Santac. 8400 BCE

• The Spirit Cave Mummyc. 8600 BCE

• The First Farmers of the Linearbandkeramikc. 5500–4900 BCE

• The Takarkori Mummiesc. 5000 BCE