Frequently users ask the same question. Why samples from Levant, Iran, Anatolia and Caucasus are used to model ancient and modern samples from Armenia, if ancient samples from Armenia are alrwady available.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Frequently users ask the same question.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
There is some big data that is accumulating about the Upper Paleolithic period in Caucasus and Europe
There is some big data that is accumulating about the Upper Paleolithic period in Caucasus and Europe. We have 26000 year old samples from West Georgia and now very important samples from Crimea. (~36000 year old).
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Ancient DNA from Republic of Armenia.
Ancient DNA from Republic of Armenia.
The first table represents them by periods.
The second one by published papers.
The archaeological periods used in the first table are from Pavel Avetisyan ( Պավել Ավետիսյան ) and Arsen Bobokhyan "ARCHAEOLOGY OF ARMENIA IN REGIONAL CONTEXT", 2012.
Notes:
Sarukhan_unknown samples have now radiocarbon dates and are placed in LBA and EIA.
Middle Bronze is based on Lazaridis 2022 classification (5 samples) and plus two samples from Bobokhyan 2023. Reich labs AADR classification is not used, because of inconsistencies.
Reich lab AADR has 217 entries but 4 of them are duplicates. So there 213 aDNA in total. Three recent samples are not included yet there. Which makes overall 216 samples
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Y DNA found in post-Urartian period. 600BC - 500AD.
Y DNA found in post-Urartian period. 600BC - 500AD.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Ancient DNA from Pontus kingdom and the genetic legacy of Kaskians.
Ancient DNA from Pontus kingdom and the genetic legacy of Kaskians.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
"Migration Processes In The Armenian Highland From The Ancient Times" conference papers are now available online.
"Migration Processes In The Armenian Highland From The Ancient Times" conference papers are now available online.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Some Urartian terms are discussed in this paper of Armen Petrosyan.
Some Urartian terms are discussed in this paper of Armen Petrosyan.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
A new paper about the origin of Armenians
A new paper about the origin of Armenians in the light of recent archaeogenetic data. The authors are Armen Petrosyan and me. It is published by the Institute of archaeology and ethnography in a collection of conference papers dedicated to migration processes in Armenian Highlands since to old times to 20th century. The chief editor is Yervand Grekyan, thanks to whom we have a well presented paper.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Hrach Martirosyan discuss etymologies of three musical terms in Armenian
Hrach Martirosyan discuss etymologies of three musical terms in Armenian. One of them is quite famous because it has a parallel in non-IE Hattic language.
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Peopling of Eurasia and origins of haplogroup K and P.
Peopling of Eurasia and origins of haplogroup K and P.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
The Copper age also known as Chalcolithic (5300-3600BC) is one of most remarkable periods in Armenian Highlands
The Copper age also known as Chalcolithic (5300-3600BC) is one of most remarkable periods in Armenian Highlands. Copper was abundant in mountains and populations using it and living there had an important changes in lifestyle which gave them a competitive advantage. This resulted in waves of migrations out of historic Armenia and neighbouring regions. Many haplotypes are related to this migrations. One of them is the T1a1a-L208.
Monday, July 24, 2023
I am starting to work on the new AADR file
I am starting to work on the new AADR (Reich lab) file were new labels are given to ancient samples in general and Armenian one in particular.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Thursday, July 13, 2023
The story of Hurrian thunder god Teshub fighting his father Kumarbi and Greek god Zeus fighting Cronus has many similarities.
The story of Hurrian thunder god Teshub fighting his father Kumarbi and Greek god Zeus fighting Cronus has many similarities. Those similarities concern specific details which makes unlikely the possibility of random coincidence. Two possibilities can be envisaged for explaining this situation.
Friday, July 7, 2023
I am preparing a large thread about the post Urartian Armenia (RoA), especially the shift from Etiuni to Armenian genetic profile.
I am preparing a large thread about the post Urartian Armenia (RoA), especially the shift from Etiuni to Armenian genetic profile. I started to look closer to some relevant samples. For instance the two samples labeled Sarukhan_unknown.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Another example when an ancient deity is mentioned in old Armenian texts as a person
Another example when an ancient deity is mentioned in old Armenian texts as a person.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The Y dna distribution by haplotypes in modern Armenians : dotting the I2-s.
The Y dna distribution by haplotypes in modern Armenians : dotting the I2-s.