R1b-M269 in the Bronze Age Levant

The new Harvard genotype datasets that I blogged about recently include a couple of potentially very useful samples from the Levant dated to 1400-1100 BCE. Search for IDs I2062 and I1934 in the anno files here. They're both from an archeological paper about a Late Bronze Age (LBA) burial site in what is now Israel that was published back in 2017 (see here).

Surprisingly, individual I2062 is

The Steppe Maykop enigma

Who were the Steppe Maykop people exactly? Their ancestry must surely rank as one of the biggest surprises served up by ancient DNA to date.

I always thought that they'd turn out roughly like a mixture between populations associated with the Kura-Araxes and Yamnaya cultures (mostly because their territory was located sort of in between them). Nope, that wasn't even close. This is where they

Modeling genetic ancestry with Davidski: step by step

There are many different ways to model your genetic ancestry. I prefer the Global25/nMonte method (see here). This is a step by step guide to modeling ancient ancestry proportions with this simple but powerful method using my own genome.



As far as I know, the vast majority of my recent ancestors came from the northern half of Europe. This may or may not be correct, but it gives me somewhere to

Unleash the power: Global 25 test drive thread

Ancestry modeling enthusiasts, feel free to do your best (or worst) with these datasheets and share the output, whatever it might be, in the comments below:

Global 25 datasheet

Global 25 datasheet (scaled)

Global 25 pop averages

Global 25 pop averages (scaled)

Global 25 PAST datasheet

The Global 25 is a more powerful version of the Global 10 ancestry analysis (see here). If all goes well in

Genetic ancestry online store (to be updated regularly)

Following a rigorous testing phase, the awesome Global 25 analysis is now available at the store for $12 USD (see here). What's so awesome about this test, you might ask? See here and here.



Please send your request, autosomal genotype data (from AncestryDNA, FTDNA, MyHeritage or 23andMe) and money (via PayPal) to eurogenesblog at gmail dot com.

However, note that this test is free for anyone