Ancient Near Easterners derived up to two-thirds ancestry from Basal Eurasians lacking Neanderthal admixture.
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Basal Eurasian ancestry reached 66% in Mesolithic Iran and 44% in Natufian Levant. Basal Eurasians split from other non-Africans before Ust'-Ishim and Han Chinese divergence. Basal Eurasian ancestry correlates negatively with Neanderthal admixture, implying Basal Eurasians had none. Levantine farmers descended from local Natufian hunter-gatherers. Iranian farmers descended from local Iranian and Caucasus hunter-gatherers. Early Near Eastern farmers showed extreme genetic differentiation like between West and East Eurasians. Bronze Age admixture homogenized Near East populations to modern low Fst levels. Anatolian-related farmers spread ancestry to Europe. Levantine-related farmers spread ancestry to East Africa around 1000 BCE. Iran Chalcolithic-related ancestry contributed 43% to Eurasian steppe Bronze Age. Iran and steppe ancestries mixed into South Asian Ancestral North Indians. Natufians carried African-origin Y-haplogroup E but no sub-Saharan autosomal affinity. West Eurasians form mixtures of four ancient ancestry streams: WHG, EHG, Levant Natufian, Iran Neolithic. East Asians carry 5-10% Ancient North Eurasian ancestry. European farmers unrelated to Levantine farmers. Near East farming spread via local continuity, not population replacement.

Genetics Evolution Homo Neanderthalensis Homo Sapiens Science Antiquity Demographics South Asia Europe and the EU

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