Forwarded from Race Realism Channel
The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans (2024)
Key findings:
- "Southern Arc" Anatolian origin of Proto-Indo-European debunked, steppe hypothesis proven.
- Yamnaya descend directly from Sredny Stog; Corded Ware origin unknown, likely a distinct Sredny Stog population (Sredny Stog had variable ancestry).
- Yamnaya trace the majority of their ancestry to a "Progress-2" related population (BPgroup), whose habitation range spanned from the Lower Volga to North Caucasus.
- BPgroup descended from East European and Caucasus Hunter-Gatherers and an Ancient North Eurasian related population from Central Asia.
- Authors modeled Yamnaya as having South Caucasus (Aknashen) ancestry rather than Early European Farmer ancestry. Latter is more likely as Yamnaya originated between the Dnipro and Don rivers.
- Hittites were successfully modeled as having 8-10% Yamnaya or Sredny Stog ancestry, confirming that Indo-European Anatolian languages originated on the steppe (see "Hypothesis A-West" img 9).
Key findings:
- "Southern Arc" Anatolian origin of Proto-Indo-European debunked, steppe hypothesis proven.
- Yamnaya descend directly from Sredny Stog; Corded Ware origin unknown, likely a distinct Sredny Stog population (Sredny Stog had variable ancestry).
- Yamnaya trace the majority of their ancestry to a "Progress-2" related population (BPgroup), whose habitation range spanned from the Lower Volga to North Caucasus.
- BPgroup descended from East European and Caucasus Hunter-Gatherers and an Ancient North Eurasian related population from Central Asia.
- Authors modeled Yamnaya as having South Caucasus (Aknashen) ancestry rather than Early European Farmer ancestry. Latter is more likely as Yamnaya originated between the Dnipro and Don rivers.
- Hittites were successfully modeled as having 8-10% Yamnaya or Sredny Stog ancestry, confirming that Indo-European Anatolian languages originated on the steppe (see "Hypothesis A-West" img 9).