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Are Arabs Eurasians?
Indigenous Arabs are descendants of the earliest split from ancient Eurasian populations. Genome Res. 2016 Feb;26(2):151-62.
Where did Middle Easterners come from?
The Middle East was a gateway through which humans not only funneled out from Africa, but which witnessed multiple back and forth migrations over more recent millennia: in and out of Africa, as well as through to Europe and the Arabian Gulf.
What is the origin of the Arab race?
Arabs are first mentioned in Biblical and Assyrian texts of the ninth to fifth centuries BCE where they appear as nomadic pastoralists inhabiting the Syrian Desert. Proto-Arabs are presumed to have originated from what is now modern-day northern Arabia, Jordan and southern Syria.
What does EHG mean on Gedmatch?
“EHG” is Eastern Hunter-Gatherer”; “WHG” is Western Hunter-Gatherer, and so on.
What is the Basal Eurasian lineage?
Basal Eurasian is a hypothetical lineage, which exists in greatest amount among ancient Near East individuals. Basal Eurasians may have been present in the Near East, as anatomically modern humans resided in the Levant approximately 100,000 years ago and African-related tools in Arabia were likely developed by modern…
Are Bedouins the direct descendants of Eurasians?
Bedouin, who have the greatest amount of autochthonous Arab genetic ancestry, may be the direct descendants of Basal Eurasians. Early European Farmers (EEFs), who had some Western European Hunter-Gatherer -related ancestry and originated in the Near East, also derive approximately 44\% of their ancestry from Basal Eurasians.
Who are the indigenous Arabs?
Indigenous Arabs are descendants of the earliest split from ancient Eurasian populations
Do Basal Eurasians have Neanderthal ancestry?
Basal Eurasians may have less Neanderthal ancestry than other ancestral Eurasian lineages, and the extent to which Basal Eurasian ancestry is present may explain the extent to which Neanderthal ancestry is present in Middle Eastern genomes.