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Originally Posted by kestutisturbo
Who are the oldest inhabitants in Balkans? Bulgarians are quite new, romanians - suffered romanization. What about Croats, Bosns and Montenegrs, Slovens, Albans? How deep are their roots? The first homps sapiens appeared her aproximately 40-30 thousand y BC.
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I think the oldest inhabitants of the Balkans were the Pelasgians.
Croats,Slovenes,Serbs etc., who came later are today a mix of the original invading tribes and indigenous people who lived on the Balkans.
Albanians claim themselves to be descendants of Illyrians, but their origin is disputed to this day. Even the origin of their language is disputed, despite of fact that it has no living relative.