Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Test19s t1_jbebqf3 wrote

IIRC modern Europeans are relative latecomers, genetically speaking, and the earliest human remains found on the European peninsulas are genetically closer to Asians and Indigenous Americans than they are to the Europeans of, say, the Middle Ages.

21

UrgeToToke t1_jbejjoo wrote

This was always suspected, but nice to have modern research back it up.

3

Test19s t1_jbejxxj wrote

“So, uh, this weird peninsula on the west coast of Asia, whose population is indigenous to nowhere because the real natives died off, is going to become the dominant power in world history.” Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes.

4

Water_Spice t1_jbhx7i5 wrote

What region did the modern Europeans come from?

1

Test19s t1_jbi5257 wrote

A mix of Middle Eastern, North African, and Central Asian iirc.

1