turkish8 min
Turkish DNA: Ancient Origins from Neolithic Anatolia to the Ottomans
Turkish ancestry through ancient DNA: the Anatolian farmer substrate, the Southern Arc results, Byzantine Anatolia, the modest Turkic layer and qpAdm.
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Methodology deep-dives, population spotlights, and engineering notes from the Ancestrify team, qpAdm modelling, ancient DNA panels, and how genetic ancestry analysis really works.
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Topic: anatolia
neolithic5 minNeolithic farmer ancestry: Anatolian roots, modern share
Who the Anatolian Neolithic farmers were, how their ancestry spread across Europe from 6500 BC and became the largest component in most southern Europeans, what 'early European farmer' means in a model, and how to measure your share.
anatolia7 minThe Genetic making of Anatolian Turks
qpAdm modeling shows modern Anatolian Turks carrying ancestry from Neolithic farmers, Yamnaya, and later Iron Age to medieval populations, reflecting a complex mix of local and incoming ancestries.