>>16496519That image is very misleading tbf. Scythians fought against Assyrians in northern Iraq/Syria. Nothing to do with Levant. Pre-Islamic MENA had more ANF ancestry than today's MENA that's why they were closer to Europe, they still wouldn't cluster with europeans at all. And last of all Peki'in cave inhabitants had 0% euro hg ancestry despite blue eyes and blonde hair. They were 50% Natufian, 35% Anatolia_N, 15% Iran_N.
