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I don't think it's that simple. I don't think Samarra->Ubaid->Uruk was a continuous EEF population speaking a Natufian language. The Ganj Dareh sample is hinting at this.
This would explain both the unclear origins of Sumerian Civilization and the "unclassified" language.
the farmers coming from the Samarra area probably had a high Natufian content
but Summerians were supposed to be a mixture of these farmers with local fisher/hunters from the lagoons and with local herders
I guess the Ganj Dareh sample is more representative for the later Elamites
If I recall well goat herders combining with pulse gathering were allready at Ganj Dareh before cereal farming was introduced around 10.3 ka
anyway we are talking about an area of which no DNA has been published uptill now
I hope this paper will be published soon