Map of samples that will be there this year (hopefully) and also Dacians and Illyrians in Kamenice, in albania.

Facial reconstruction of an Iron Age man from Norway

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# Gordafarid
# an Iranian heroine.

Gordafarid is a notable heroine from the Persian epic "Shahnameh" (The Book of Kings), written by the poet Ferdowsi. The Shahnameh is a monumental work of Persian literature that narrates the historical and mythical past of Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.

Battle with Sohrab

Gordafarid's most famous story involves her encounter with Sohrab, the son of the legendary hero Rostam. When Sohrab and his army attack her fortress, Gordafarid dons armor and leads her troops to confront him. She engages in a fierce battle with Sohrab, demonstrating her skill and valor.

Despite being outmatched by Sohrab's strength, Gordafarid uses her wit to escape. After being captured, she removes her helmet, revealing her identity as a woman. This unexpected revelation astonishes Sohrab and gives her the opportunity to devise a plan to protect her people.

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## Serbian DNA Breakdown 🧬

Bronze Age Roots:

• Proto-Indo-European: 42.6% 🏹
• Anatolian: 52.1% 🌄
• Western Hunter-Gatherer: 6.2% 🌳

Ethnicity Breakdown:

• Slavic: 48.8% 🇷🇸
• Paleo-Balkan: 39.8% ⛰️
• Levanto-Anatolian: 10.4% ☀️

Close Relatives:

• Modern Montenegrins 🇲🇪
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Zagrosian language family

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## North Italian DNA Breakdown 🧬

Ancient Ancestry:

• Anatolian Farmer: 51.2% 🌾
• Proto-Indo-European: 32.4% 🏹
• Western Hunter-Gatherer: 6.6% 🌳
• Iran Neolithic Farmer: 4.1% 🌾
• Caucasus Hunter-Gatherer: 2.9% 🏔️
• Israel_Natufian: 2.9% 🏜️

Overall Europid Ancestry: 90.2% 🗺️

Close Relatives:

• Northern Italians from Piedmont 🇮🇹

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English people dna breakdown

🧬 Alawite DNA Breakdown:

🌱 42% Anatolian Neolithic Farmer
🇮🇷 30.2% Iran Neolithic
🌊 18.8% Natufian
🐎 9% Steppe

🤝 Closely related to Druze in Lebanon
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The DNA breakdown of Talysh people in Azerbaijan, as represented by the G25 analysis, reveals an intriguing genetic composition. The breakdown indicates a significant genetic influence from various ancient populations.

The breakdown is as follows:
- Iran Chalcolithic: 37.2%
- Caucasian: 22.8%
- Avestan: 20.6%
- Levantine: 14.4%
- Proto-Turk: 2.6%
- South Asian: 2.4%

It is noteworthy that the Talysh people exhibit genetic proximity to the Kurds of Turkey. However, it's important to note that when using G25, combining all Bronze Age samples together can lead to confusion, particularly with regards to BMAC, Kura-Araxes and Indus due to lack of all snps

Regarding the use of South Asian ancestry, it is based on research findings that have concluded that some BMAC individuals had South Asian dna upto 5% even

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Warriors from Britain joined far-flung Byzantine military campaigns in sixth century, grave goods suggest

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/04/anglo-saxons-may-have-fought-in-northern-syrian-wars-say-experts

Research paper on Celts i find interesting

Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe

These include a close biological relationship between two of the richest burial mounds of the Hallstatt culture. Bayesian modelling points to an avuncular relationship between the two individuals, which may suggest a practice of matrilineal dynastic succession in early Celtic elites. We show that their ancestry is shared on a broad geographic scale from Iberia throughout Central-Eastern Europe, undergoing a decline after the late Iron Age (450 BCE to ~50 CE).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01888-7

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#Yamnaya and Horsemanship

Research paper concludes
Alterations associated with riding in human skeletons therefore possibly provide the best source of information. Here, we report five Yamnaya individuals well-dated to 3021 to 2501 calibrated BCE from kurgans in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, displaying changes in bone morphology and distinct pathologies associated with horseback riding. These are the oldest humans identified as riders so far

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2451

This wooden tablet, dates back to 765 CE.
The tablet bears a name, attributed to a Persian man, who is believed to be an educator at the Japanese imperial court of the times.
#History #歴史o

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Italy Sardinia Roman samples europid/ non europid breakdown

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A reconstruction of an Illyrian warrior holding a beer mug. The socks and shoes he is wearing are present among all south Slavic people on the Balkans, even Albanians. The tattoos he has are the same as the commonly known "Croatian tattoos" today.

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