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Related: About this forumEuropeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes'
The modern European gene pool was formed when three ancient populations mixed within the last 7,000 years, Nature journal reports.
Blue-eyed, swarthy hunters mingled with brown-eyed, pale skinned farmers as the latter swept into Europe from the Near East.
But another, mysterious population with Siberian affinities also contributed to the genetic landscape of the continent.
The findings are based on analysis of genomes from nine ancient Europeans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29213892
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)discovery of more samples could reveal more groups.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)John1956PA
(2,654 posts)Thanks for posting.
Anansi1171
(793 posts)..but when I do, I drink XX.
Stay thirsty my friends!
Cleita
(75,480 posts)Too bad the population doesn't exist anymore.
Anansi1171
(793 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,656 posts)Warpy
(111,256 posts)Blood type maps did show northern Siberia as one of the possible locations of mine, along with northern India.
Mine's rare enough to have few sites of possible origin.
http://viewzone.com/blood.html
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Thanks for posting that link.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)there's Mediterranoids in the south and proto-Norse in the west, all atop a bed of Georgians: Russia and Finland have always been Russian/Finnish: so you have redheads attacking blondes in the west through the 3rd millennium BC ...
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/neolithic_europe_map.shtml
here's a list of all the marrow-dibbling they've done as of yet
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/ancient_european_dna.shtml