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Roundel with bust of Atargatis-tyche and zodiac, 50 AD-150 AD, Khirbet Tannur/Petra
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Oh Indra! Borne by thy swift chariot, cut down the Mondays which the cat hates!
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"If you walked into the Egyptian city of Qift in 3300 BCE, you would have immediately encountered a 13 foot statue of a guy cranking his hog."
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New study on "Tocharians" of the Tarim Basin
A 2021 study found that the earliest inhabitants of the Tarim Basin (dated Early to Middle Bronze Age, 2100 to 1700 BC, and pictured above) were not Indo-European Tocharians, but a population descended from Ancient North Eurasians. Such populations were common across Central Asia and West Siberia from the Mesolithic to Bronze Age (e.g. the Botai).
The newly published study investigated a Late Bronze Age site in the far west of the Tarim Basin, dated 1600 to 1400 BC. Its inhabitants overwhelmingly descended from the Indo-European Sintashta population, with additional ancestry from BMAC (10%) and Tarim_EMBA (12%). In terms of genetic similarity, they were most closely related to modern Northern Europeans, particularly Finnic and Russian people.
Admixture between Sintashta and Tarim_EMBA dated to around 2000 BC, indicating Indo-European settlement began during the Early to Middle Bronze Age.
A 2021 study found that the earliest inhabitants of the Tarim Basin (dated Early to Middle Bronze Age, 2100 to 1700 BC, and pictured above) were not Indo-European Tocharians, but a population descended from Ancient North Eurasians. Such populations were common across Central Asia and West Siberia from the Mesolithic to Bronze Age (e.g. the Botai).
The newly published study investigated a Late Bronze Age site in the far west of the Tarim Basin, dated 1600 to 1400 BC. Its inhabitants overwhelmingly descended from the Indo-European Sintashta population, with additional ancestry from BMAC (10%) and Tarim_EMBA (12%). In terms of genetic similarity, they were most closely related to modern Northern Europeans, particularly Finnic and Russian people.
Admixture between Sintashta and Tarim_EMBA dated to around 2000 BC, indicating Indo-European settlement began during the Early to Middle Bronze Age.
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Proto-Indo-European steppe cultures, like the Yamnaya, were not more intelligent than the European Neolithic Farmers they conquered; both groups had comparable intelligence polygenic scores.
However, they were significantly taller, stronger, had higher stress resilience (lower risk of depression), and systematizing cognition (a predisposition toward autistic traits).
Source: Cognitive Genetics Through Time: Surprises From 3,640 Ancient Genomes by Davide Piffer
However, they were significantly taller, stronger, had higher stress resilience (lower risk of depression), and systematizing cognition (a predisposition toward autistic traits).
Source: Cognitive Genetics Through Time: Surprises From 3,640 Ancient Genomes by Davide Piffer