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@Angela,
Georgians are are about 50% CHG while Syrians are probably close to 0% or have hard to detect CHG ancestry. Affinity to Neolithic Iranians is highest in Iran but reportedly drops very much West of Iran. These are huge genetic divides between Middle Easterners. CHG and Neolithic Iranians existed 9,000 or more years ago, and some Middle Easrterners trace huge chunks of their ancestry to them while others trace small amounts to them.
You don't see that in Europe. First of all you have Neolithic Anatolians. They colonized basically the entire continent, making all Europeans have lots of common ancestry in the last 9,000 years. Next and most importantly after the Neolithic genes were traded around Europe like crazy. Everyone in Europe, except Sardinians, has 20% or more ancestry straight from the "Steppe". And for all Europeans a huge chunk of their Neolithic Anatolian ancestry is from Central/East Europe and was carried to their homelands with Steppe admixture. It appears every inch of land in Europe, except maybe Sardinia, was mostly repopulated after 3000 BC.
You don't have genetic diversity/geographic genetic divides in Europe that traces back to the Paleolithic or Neolithic age like you do in the Middle East. Genetic diversity in Europe is the result of slightly differnt ancestry percentages from the same Neolithic and Bronze age ancestors. The geography of current European genetic diversity was formed in the Bronze age or later. It's probably more like Europe within subregions of the Middle East and there's definitly been lots gene flow between SW Asia and Caucasus and Iran in the last 9,000 years, but not as much gene flow as there's been between Portugal and Russia in the last 9,000 years.
Georgians are are about 50% CHG while Syrians are probably close to 0% or have hard to detect CHG ancestry. Affinity to Neolithic Iranians is highest in Iran but reportedly drops very much West of Iran. These are huge genetic divides between Middle Easterners. CHG and Neolithic Iranians existed 9,000 or more years ago, and some Middle Easrterners trace huge chunks of their ancestry to them while others trace small amounts to them.
You don't see that in Europe. First of all you have Neolithic Anatolians. They colonized basically the entire continent, making all Europeans have lots of common ancestry in the last 9,000 years. Next and most importantly after the Neolithic genes were traded around Europe like crazy. Everyone in Europe, except Sardinians, has 20% or more ancestry straight from the "Steppe". And for all Europeans a huge chunk of their Neolithic Anatolian ancestry is from Central/East Europe and was carried to their homelands with Steppe admixture. It appears every inch of land in Europe, except maybe Sardinia, was mostly repopulated after 3000 BC.
You don't have genetic diversity/geographic genetic divides in Europe that traces back to the Paleolithic or Neolithic age like you do in the Middle East. Genetic diversity in Europe is the result of slightly differnt ancestry percentages from the same Neolithic and Bronze age ancestors. The geography of current European genetic diversity was formed in the Bronze age or later. It's probably more like Europe within subregions of the Middle East and there's definitly been lots gene flow between SW Asia and Caucasus and Iran in the last 9,000 years, but not as much gene flow as there's been between Portugal and Russia in the last 9,000 years.