Massive new paper from Allenthoft and Willerslev

[Kale]

What’s your thoughts on the ancient Bedouins having whg

The two historic Syrian samples derive the majority of their ancestry from Neolithic Levantine populations (Levant_N, 91.3%) as well as minor proportions from Neolithic Iran (Iran_N, 4.1%) and European hunter-gatherers (WHG, 4.6%)

That sounds very weird on multiple levels. Are they really low coverage or something?

[Gentica277282]

That sounds very weird on multiple levels. Are they really low coverage or something?

Not low coverage was just interested. I found it weird as well they had whg ancestry they have significantly
less Iranian Neolithic ancestry then Saudi

[Aleph]

It seems retrospectively intuitive to me that the authors have associated Anatolian ancestry with higher levels of "anxiety, guilty feelings, and irritability".
Out of the 4 ancestral streams, that's the one that would have had the longest exposure to high population density, where conformity to social norms (especially self-motivated) would probably be more important.

Guilt and anxiety fueling conformity.

[Gentica277282]

With Dzudzuana carrying the U6 mtdna is a direct link for taforalt it’s a direct link for us. It seems more likely for North Africans to carry actual Dzudzuana ancestry then Dzudzuana like ancestry that the paper describes for populations like Iran N

[Kapisa]

With Dzudzuana carrying the U6 mtdna is a direct link for taforalt it’s a direct link for us. It seems more likely for North Africans to carry actual Dzudzuana ancestry then Dzudzuana like ancestry that the paper describes for populations like Iran N

I m also interested in that U4'9 in Kotias individual. Since U9b later shows up in Bronze Age Turkey as well at Oylum Huyuk.
It could be also a marker for spread of Basal ancestry (Kale mentioned spread of R2 in South/Central Asia).
https://www.yfull.com/mtree/U9b/

Sample:	Kapisa ► Oylum Huyuk s2000-1500BC
Fit:	2.877
Results:	Caucasus lowlands LN • Average	67
	BedouinB • Average	19
	Tepecik Ciftlik N • Average	14