"Genetic evidence ruled out one likely related group in the region, the Yamnaya, because their DNA showed the group had hunter-gatherer ancestry, which is inconsistent with the fact that two Indo-European groups, Armenians and Indians, don’t share it, Patterson said. That made Patterson look south, to the Maikop civilization, which likely had significant contact with the Yamnaya, as a plausible culture where Indo-European languages originated. Samples have been obtained from Maikop burial sites, but the DNA work to test that proposal is pending, Patterson said."
is this actually true? i thought armenians did have EHG.
See, Armenia had pretty violent history. Here is the chart telling it. First is CHG, the second one is Armenian Farmer of Early Bronze Age. We can see it he is very similar to CHG but with additional admixtures of Iranian and Anatolian Farmers.
Next two point to drastic changes Armenia went through during Bronze Age. The telling sign is sharp rise of North East Euro admixture. The closest source was Bronze Age Steppe, therefore Steppe invasion through Caucase.
The big surprise is that Modern Armenians don't have much of NE Euro left. They look surprisingly like EBA Armenian before Steppe invasion. It looks like the all the late BA Armenians, possibly the communities extensively mixed with IEs, left the area or were wiped out, and "original" Armenians took over once again.
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[TD="colspan: 2"]M603839[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]M536324[/TD]
[TD]I1658[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]M691697 [/TD]
[TD]RISE407[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Modern[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kotias CHG[/TD]
[TD]8 KYA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Armenia EBA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Armenia LBA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Armenian[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Run time[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13.98[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Run time[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8.22[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Run time[/TD]
[TD]3.92[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Run time[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]S-Indian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.62[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]S-Indian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.27[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]S-Indian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]S-Indian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Baloch[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]36.63[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Baloch[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]25.53[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Baloch[/TD]
[TD]28.22[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Baloch[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]20[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Caucasian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]54.15[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Caucasian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]56.75[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Caucasian[/TD]
[TD]30.75[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Caucasian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]52[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]NE-Euro[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3.84[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]NE-Euro[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4.79[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]NE-Euro[/TD]
[TD]24.77[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]NE-Euro[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]SE-Asian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.59[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Siberian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.77[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Siberian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Siberian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Siberian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]NE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]NE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]NE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]NE-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Papuan[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.15[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Papuan[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Papuan[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Papuan[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]American[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]American[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]American[/TD]
[TD]1.54[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]American[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beringian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Beringian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Beringian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Beringian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mediterranean[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Mediterranean[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5.88[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Mediterranean[/TD]
[TD]6.98[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Mediterranean[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]SW-Asian[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SW-Asian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6.45[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SW-Asian[/TD]
[TD]6.38[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SW-Asian[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]San[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]San[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]San[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]San[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]E-African[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]E-African[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]E-African[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]E-African[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pygmy[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.25[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Pygmy[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Pygmy[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]Pygmy[/TD]
[TD]- [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]W-African[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3.01[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]W-African[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.33[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]W-African[/TD]
[TD]1.36[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]W-African[/TD]
[/TR]
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