Genetic distance to Cimmerians 🐴
The Cimmerians were an Eastern Iranian group that inhabited the Caspian steppe during the early Iron Age. They, like the related Scythians, were an Andronovo descended group that migrated westwards into Eastern Europe. They did so at the expense of the late Catacomb culture, who they appear to have mixed with and replaced over time. This is why they show even higher levels of Steppe ancestry than their Andronovo ancestors. Eventually they would be pushed from the steppes by westward migrating Scythians around the 720’s BC. They would migrate southwards into the Caucasus, from where they would launch several invasions of Western Asia including Urartu, Assyria, and parts of Anatolia. Despite this, they don’t appear to have mixed with the locals and remained a seperate nomadic group until they faded from history around 600 BC.
Haplogroups found among them include R1a and Q1a.
The Cimmerians were an Eastern Iranian group that inhabited the Caspian steppe during the early Iron Age. They, like the related Scythians, were an Andronovo descended group that migrated westwards into Eastern Europe. They did so at the expense of the late Catacomb culture, who they appear to have mixed with and replaced over time. This is why they show even higher levels of Steppe ancestry than their Andronovo ancestors. Eventually they would be pushed from the steppes by westward migrating Scythians around the 720’s BC. They would migrate southwards into the Caucasus, from where they would launch several invasions of Western Asia including Urartu, Assyria, and parts of Anatolia. Despite this, they don’t appear to have mixed with the locals and remained a seperate nomadic group until they faded from history around 600 BC.
Haplogroups found among them include R1a and Q1a.
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Colorized Fatyanovo reconstructions from @sovelios on Twitter
You can find my previous post on the Fatyanovo culture here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck97LB9NIIR/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
You can find my previous post on the Fatyanovo culture here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck97LB9NIIR/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Art depicting a warrior of the Tagar culture
Previous post on the Tagar:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqrvFbuOYyG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Previous post on the Tagar:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqrvFbuOYyG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Made some updates to the Paleolithic calculator. Now it should more accurately pick up Dzudzuana from all sources, rather than just from CHG. It’s still a work in progress, but I think this model is pretty good:
https://justpaste.it/a73x4
Share your results!
https://justpaste.it/a73x4
Share your results!
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”Others” includes C, I, J, K, N, and X. Only one sample for each of them
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Apologies, the Corded Ware frequencies were incorrect. I will remake it soon
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