Alan
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"Atlantic_Med is an EEF type ancestry. It lacked in Yamna people. So how could they brought it for that matter?"
If Atlantic_Med is more Bell Beaker than EEF i.e. a mix of EEF and some steppe copper workers and if the proto-Armenians also got an influx from a related group of steppe copper workers might the software pick "Atlantic_Med" as the closest match?
Who said AtlanticMed is Bell Beaker? Just because it peaks among them? Bell Beaker is a Neolithic group though. And Atlantic_Med was one of the strongest components in all Neolithic farmer people. And again, This doesn't explain why is almost lacks among Yamna. Therefore Atlantic_Med =/= Yamna.
Also there seems to be an argument over whether the bulk of the gene flow was north to south or south to north. It's possible that it was both i.e. a minority influx of miners from north to south could even be the catalyst for a south to north expansion by making the region richer and more densely populated.
That is a very reasonable theory and I have taken it into consideration.