If, like Iosif Lazaridis, you subscribe to the idea that the Yamnaya people carry early Anatolian farmer-related admixture that spread into ...| eurogenes.blogspot.com
It seems like we're getting close to the moment when Iosif Lazaridis has to finally admit that the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) homeland was located in Eastern Europe, and also that the ancestors of the Hittites and other Anatolian speakers entered Anatolia via the Balkans. Let's discuss. However, please note that comments from total morons, trolls and/or mentally unstable people will not| Eurogenes Blog
I've now had the chance to read and digest the following two papers in Science about the origin of Indo-European languages: Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages, Heggarty et al. The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe, Lazaridis, Alpaslan-Roodenberg et al. The Heggarty et al. paper is pure| Eurogenes Blog
Lazaridis, Alpaslan-Roodenberg et al. recently claimed that the Yamnaya people of the Pontic-Caspian (PC) steppe carried "substantial" ancestry from what is now Armenia or surrounds. However, this claim is essentially false. Only one individual associated with the Yamnaya culture shows an unambiguous signal of such ancestry. This is a female usually labeled Ukraine_Yamnaya_Ozera_o:I1917. The "| Eurogenes Blog
Almost a decade ago scientists at the David Reich Lab extracted DNA from the remains of three men from the Khvalynsk II cemetery at the northern end of the Pontic-Caspian (PC) steppe. These Eneolithic Eastern Europeans showed significant genetic heterogeneity, with highly variable levels of Eastern Hunter-Gatherer (EHG) and Near Eastern-related ancestry components. As a result, the people at| Eurogenes Blog
Who wants to bet against this map? Keep in mind that ART038 (~3000 calBCE) remains the oldest sample with the V1636 and R1b Y-chromosome mutations in the West Asian ancient DNA record. Ergo, there's nothing to suggest that V1636 or R1b entered Eastern Europe from West Asia. See also... A tantalizing link How relevant is Arslantepe to the PIE homeland debate?| Eurogenes Blog
Back in 2016 I made this prediction about the origins of the Yamnaya people (Steppe_EMBA): But here's my prediction: Steppe_EMBA only has ...| eurogenes.blogspot.com
Even though the Yamnaya culture probably originated in what is now Ukraine, the earliest Yamnaya samples currently available are from the mo...| eurogenes.blogspot.com
A paper in Science co-authored by around 200 scientists from some of the world's top academic institutions surely must mean something, righ...| eurogenes.blogspot.com