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These days, I've been reading about the agriculturalists of west Asia that greatly change the course of human history as well as genetics. This is a summary I made, though it's not fully accurate.
So, it goes back to holecene days, which was 11,000-12,000 years back, when Younger Dryas(brief glacial condition) had just ended and the temperature began soaring, there used to be population of some mesolithic hunter gatherer groups living in west Asia( which comprises of Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan). These hunter gatherer groups comprised of Anatolian hunter gatherers, Natufian hunter gatherers and Iranian hunter gatherers, who gave up hunting and started doing farming during this period of holecene. The Anatolian hunter gatherers and Natufian hunter gatherers were almost completely related, as they both derive their ancestry from an unknown WEHG group(West Eurasian Hunter Gatherers) and baEu(basal Eurasian), though the differences were Anatolians had more WEHG(50-70%) ancestry compared to Natufians who had 50% WEHG ancestry, while Natufians had more BaEu ancestry(50%) and a little bit of Iranian ancestry. The Iranian hunter gatherers, however, were completely different from the these two populations, as Iranians derive 60-66% of ancestry from baEu and the rest(30-40%) from ANE(Ancestral Northern Eurasian) which was absent in both Natufians and Anatolians.
As the neolithic period begins, these hunter groups turned into farmers, admixing with each other and then expanding along with spreading farming to other places.
Natufians went to Levant and North Africa where they created the ancient Egyptian civilisation. The famous Egyptian mummies derived bulk of their ancestry from these Natufians. Natufians seem to be already present in North Africa even before the neolithic period began, as natufians make up bulk of the ancestry of Iberomaurusian culture's people from late upper Paleolithic in North Africa .
Anatolians agriculturalists, on the other hand, went to Southern Europe where they absorbed the already existing population of WHGs(Western Hunter Gatherers) and brought agriculture to Europe. They gave rise to first European civilisation, that is Aegan civilisation in Greece and other civilisations as well like Minoan civilisation. Modern day Southern Europeans derive their ancestry from these neolithic Anatolian farmers and this ancestry peaks in Sardinians in Europe.
Finally, the third group, the Iranian hunter gatherers went to far west part of South Asia where they admixed with South Asian hunter gatherers forming a population group called Indus Periphery that created the Indus valley civilisation and contributed largely to the ancestry of modern South Asians(curries). These Iranian hunterer gatherers also admixed with Levant farmers(Natufians+neolithic Anatolian) in Iran, forming a population group called Chalcolithic Iranians who are the major source of the ancestry of modern Iranians and Kurds. These Iranian farmers were related to the Caucasus Hunter Gatherers, a group that contributed to 40-45% of Indo-European ancestry.
So, what are your thoughts on the impact made by these ancient farmers, buddy boyos?
@chudur-budur @gymletethnicel @RREEEEEEEEE @Sparrow's Song @kekfuel @FinnCel @Quasimodocel @NEETard
So, it goes back to holecene days, which was 11,000-12,000 years back, when Younger Dryas(brief glacial condition) had just ended and the temperature began soaring, there used to be population of some mesolithic hunter gatherer groups living in west Asia( which comprises of Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan). These hunter gatherer groups comprised of Anatolian hunter gatherers, Natufian hunter gatherers and Iranian hunter gatherers, who gave up hunting and started doing farming during this period of holecene. The Anatolian hunter gatherers and Natufian hunter gatherers were almost completely related, as they both derive their ancestry from an unknown WEHG group(West Eurasian Hunter Gatherers) and baEu(basal Eurasian), though the differences were Anatolians had more WEHG(50-70%) ancestry compared to Natufians who had 50% WEHG ancestry, while Natufians had more BaEu ancestry(50%) and a little bit of Iranian ancestry. The Iranian hunter gatherers, however, were completely different from the these two populations, as Iranians derive 60-66% of ancestry from baEu and the rest(30-40%) from ANE(Ancestral Northern Eurasian) which was absent in both Natufians and Anatolians.
As the neolithic period begins, these hunter groups turned into farmers, admixing with each other and then expanding along with spreading farming to other places.
Natufians went to Levant and North Africa where they created the ancient Egyptian civilisation. The famous Egyptian mummies derived bulk of their ancestry from these Natufians. Natufians seem to be already present in North Africa even before the neolithic period began, as natufians make up bulk of the ancestry of Iberomaurusian culture's people from late upper Paleolithic in North Africa .
Anatolians agriculturalists, on the other hand, went to Southern Europe where they absorbed the already existing population of WHGs(Western Hunter Gatherers) and brought agriculture to Europe. They gave rise to first European civilisation, that is Aegan civilisation in Greece and other civilisations as well like Minoan civilisation. Modern day Southern Europeans derive their ancestry from these neolithic Anatolian farmers and this ancestry peaks in Sardinians in Europe.
Finally, the third group, the Iranian hunter gatherers went to far west part of South Asia where they admixed with South Asian hunter gatherers forming a population group called Indus Periphery that created the Indus valley civilisation and contributed largely to the ancestry of modern South Asians(curries). These Iranian hunterer gatherers also admixed with Levant farmers(Natufians+neolithic Anatolian) in Iran, forming a population group called Chalcolithic Iranians who are the major source of the ancestry of modern Iranians and Kurds. These Iranian farmers were related to the Caucasus Hunter Gatherers, a group that contributed to 40-45% of Indo-European ancestry.
So, what are your thoughts on the impact made by these ancient farmers, buddy boyos?
@chudur-budur @gymletethnicel @RREEEEEEEEE @Sparrow's Song @kekfuel @FinnCel @Quasimodocel @NEETard
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