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The Caucasus mountain range has impacted on the culture and genetics of the wider region. Here, the authors generate genome-wide SNP data for 45 Eneolithic and Bronze Age individuals across the Caucasus, and find distinct genetic clusters between mountain and steppe zones as well as occasional...
One big cluttered mess lol. Sorry but if that's what it says on this PCA then it doesn't agree with admix oracles. Seems like we have a bit of a conundrum here.
And many Caucasians have more ANE than we Kurds do, especially in the North Eastern Caucasus. That's why we Kurds are closer to the Caucasus, compared to the Armenians. Armenians are more 'Anatolian'.
Eastern and Hamshentsi Armenians are basically 95-100% Meskhetian-like in that model. Even the other subgroups are predominantly Meskhetian-like.
Using Laz and Kartlians is where it gets a bit interesting. Armenians from Urfa and Aintab can be modeled roughly 50/50 being the most East Med shifted while Erzurum and Gesaria is still a bit closer to Laz and Kartlians. Syunik and especially Hamshen are still 66-87% Kartlian/Laz-like in these models
Megrels being NW Georgians are among the purest CHG-like modern day specimens. It's logical that Aintab and Urfa would be noticeably closer to Lebanese in this case than to NW Georgians. Syunik in this scenario can be modeled as 50% NW Georgian and 50% Leb. The Hamshen are still noticeably closer to NW Georgians.
Khevsurs are very NE-Caucasian like given their excess steppe admix so they're fairly different to their NW counterparts. Here is where the fit kinda worsens for Hamshentsi(very little steppe) and significantly improves for the Syunetsi(higher steppe). You can reliably model an Eastern Armenian as 55% NE Caucasian and 45% North Levantine.
Ajarians, imo, are probably the best proxy for the 'AVERAGE' Georgian given that they aren't as southern as Laz/Kartlians/Meskh but aren't as Northern as Megrels or Khevsurs but somewhere in the middle. Using Western Armenians(Erzurum, Gesaria) as the target, you can model them half Georgian and half Lebanese if we use Ajarians as an 'average' proxy for Georgian. But the Syunetsi is roughly 60% Georgian here and the Hamshentsi is nearly 3/4 Georgian in this model.
That's why I tell you it's important to specify which Georgians you are referring to and which Armenians for that matter. Contrary to popular belief, Armenians, and especially Georgians are NOT 100% identical to their respective countrymen. Like most other groups, there are noticeable genetic disparities among us.
Eastern and Hamshentsi Armenians are basically 95-100% Meskhetian-like in that model. Even the other subgroups are predominantly Meskhetian-like.
Using Laz and Kartlians is where it gets a bit interesting. Armenians from Urfa and Aintab can be modeled roughly 50/50 being the most East Med shifted while Erzurum and Gesaria is still a bit closer to Laz and Kartlians. Syunik and especially Hamshen are still 66-87% Kartlian/Laz-like in these models
Megrels being NW Georgians are among the purest CHG-like modern day specimens. It's logical that Aintab and Urfa would be noticeably closer to Lebanese in this case than to NW Georgians. Syunik in this scenario can be modeled as 50% NW Georgian and 50% Leb. The Hamshen are still noticeably closer to NW Georgians.
Khevsurs are very NE-Caucasian like given their excess steppe admix so they're fairly different to their NW counterparts. Here is where the fit kinda worsens for Hamshentsi(very little steppe) and significantly improves for the Syunetsi(higher steppe). You can reliably model an Eastern Armenian as 55% NE Caucasian and 45% North Levantine.
Ajarians, imo, are probably the best proxy for the 'AVERAGE' Georgian given that they aren't as southern as Laz/Kartlians/Meskh but aren't as Northern as Megrels or Khevsurs but somewhere in the middle. Using Western Armenians(Erzurum, Gesaria) as the target, you can model them half Georgian and half Lebanese if we use Ajarians as an 'average' proxy for Georgian. But the Syunetsi is roughly 60% Georgian here and the Hamshentsi is nearly 3/4 Georgian in this model.
That's why I tell you it's important to specify which Georgians you are referring to and which Armenians for that matter. Contrary to popular belief, Armenians, and especially Georgians are NOT 100% identical to their respective countrymen. Like most other groups, there are noticeable genetic disparities among us.
2. i didnt say that armenians are closer to levantines . i said that armenians can be modelled as roughly half georgian half lebanese which is the truth
3. why would you use laz . they are kartvelians / georgians yes but they also are more anatolian shifted and also inhabit northeast turkey . of course it will make armenians closer to georgian if laz is used instead of lets say imeretians . especially using hemshins who are more CHG than other armenians and using laz who are more anatolian than other georgians is you being dishonest here
but even when using kartlians who are more armenia shifted than west georgians ....armenians are still significantly lebanese shifted when they are taken as reference :
@vengeance can you post how kurds get modeled using imeretian and lebanese muslim references? You could also plug in the modelings of syunik armenians using imeretians and lebanese muslims
@vengeance can you post how kurds get modeled using imeretian and lebanese muslim references? You could also plug in the modelings of syunik armenians using imeretians and lebanese muslims
2. i didnt say that armenians are closer to levantines . i said that armenians can be modelled as roughly half georgian half lebanese which is the truth
3. why would you use laz . they are kartvelians / georgians yes but they also are more anatolian shifted and also inhabit northeast turkey . of course it will make armenians closer to georgian if laz is used instead of lets say imeretians . especially using hemshins who are more CHG than other armenians and using laz who are more anatolian than other georgians is you being dishonest here
but even when using kartlians who are more armenia shifted than west georgians ....armenians are still significantly lebanese shifted when they are taken as reference :
Dishonest? Have you been hitting the sauce lately? You can't pick and choose whichever Georgian subgroup you'd like to use to model Armenians with and claim your selection to be the objective truth. Whether you like it or not, Georgians are in fact genetically heterogenous whether they are Anatolian-shifted, steppe-shifted, moon-shifted or what have you. My entire point is that you can't claim to model Armenians as 50/50 without specifying which Armenians you are using as a target and which Georgians as a reference.
Your model uses Muslims btw, I used Christians and even then, they clearly aren't 50/50 or in between.