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In the eurogenes blog I came across a highly interesting comment from 'Matt' where he used a face transformer to mix Spanish (alias EEF), Lithuanian (alias WHG/ANE) and Georgian/Armenian average male faces together. The resulting face is labelled 'Population X' which he proposes to look like Kurgan people, however.
This one is Lithuanian+Spanish+Armenian and I must say that 'Population X' face looks strikingly European, in particular typically Russian.
This one is Lithuanian+Spanish+Georgian and I find that 'Population X' face looks still somewhat similar to the one in the Armenian version, but would fit also very well in Britain or France.
I find that the results fit best to contemporary european nations, especially with predominatly R1b and R1a populations. It is remarkable how the two ancestral european faces (Lithuanian, Spanish) appear much more 'rugged' when admixed by Caucasus-like admixture (perhaps Caucasus/Gedrosia). Yet I would have expected the Armenian version to be the one more similar to west europeans than the Georgian version.
I think if this experiment is correct, it could very well illustrate the contemporary european mixture of Hunter-Gatherers + Neolithic farmers and West-Asian (e.g. Indo-European). Or do they look not yet completely european, perhaps more 'Kurgan'?
Any thoughts?
This one is Lithuanian+Spanish+Armenian and I must say that 'Population X' face looks strikingly European, in particular typically Russian.
This one is Lithuanian+Spanish+Georgian and I find that 'Population X' face looks still somewhat similar to the one in the Armenian version, but would fit also very well in Britain or France.
I find that the results fit best to contemporary european nations, especially with predominatly R1b and R1a populations. It is remarkable how the two ancestral european faces (Lithuanian, Spanish) appear much more 'rugged' when admixed by Caucasus-like admixture (perhaps Caucasus/Gedrosia). Yet I would have expected the Armenian version to be the one more similar to west europeans than the Georgian version.
I think if this experiment is correct, it could very well illustrate the contemporary european mixture of Hunter-Gatherers + Neolithic farmers and West-Asian (e.g. Indo-European). Or do they look not yet completely european, perhaps more 'Kurgan'?
Any thoughts?