I don't see the Southern homeland theory for PIE working out at all, but I want to hear the arguments and see the data which might or might not support those sufficiently.
I am also very amazed that it is Reich who is advocating such things. It does not explain why pre-BA and pre-IA Iranians lack the Steppe component while the later ones have it.
Target: IRN_Seh_Gabi_C___BC_4740-3869
Distance: 3.3966% / 0.03396566
51.8 IRN_Wezmeh_N:WC1___BC_7264
18.2 TUR_Boncuklu_N:ZHAG_BON004___BC_7950
15.8 GEO_CHG:KK1___BC_7728
7.4 Levant_Natufian_contam:I1072___BC_10750
6.8 TUR_Boncuklu_N:ZMOJ_BON014___BC_7950
Target: IRN_Hajji_Firuz_BA:I4243___BC_2362
Distance: 4.4642% / 0.04464168
28.8 GEO_CHG:KK1___BC_7728
26.2 TUR_Boncuklu_N:ZHAG_BON004___BC_7950
25.4 UKR_Meso:I1763___BC_8131
15.0 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N:I1954___BC_8212
4.2 RUS_AfontovaGora3:AfontovaGora3___BC_16086
0.4 Levant_Natufian_contam:I1072___BC_10750
Target: IRN_Hajji_Firuz_IA:I2327___BC_1100
Distance: 4.1528% / 0.04152812
42.0 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N:I1954___BC_8212
26.8 TUR_Boncuklu_N:ZHAG_BON004___BC_7950
15.4 GEO_CHG:KK1___BC_7728
10.0 Levant_Natufian_contam:I1072___BC_10750
2.6 RUS_AfontovaGora3:AfontovaGora3___BC_16086
1.8 TUR_Pinarbasi_HG:ZBC_IPB001___BC_13461
1.2 RUS_Veretye_MesoES001___BC_10761
0.2 BRA_LapaDoSanto_9600BP:CP18___BC_7560
Target: IRN_Hasanlu_IA:F38___BC_883
Distance: 3.6677% / 0.03667738
34.0 TUR_Boncuklu_N:ZMOJ_BON014___BC_7950
29.2 IRN_Tepe_Abdul_Hosein_N:AH4___BC_7968
16.4 GEO_CHG:KK1___BC_7728
10.4 Levant_Natufian_contam:I1072___BC_10750
8.0 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N:I1954___BC_8212
1.2 RUS_Veretye_MesoES001___BC_10761
0.8 RUS_AfontovaGora3:AfontovaGora3___BC_16086
Target: IRN_Ganj_Dareh_Historic:I1955___AD_1561
Distance: 3.8272% / 0.03827169
34.8 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N:I1954___BC_8212
30.0 TUR_Boncuklu_N:ZHAG_BON004___BC_7950
16.0 GEO_CHG:KK1___BC_7728
11.6 Levant_Natufian_contam:I1072___BC_10750
4.4 RUS_AfontovaGora3:AfontovaGora3___BC_16086
3.0 RUS_Veretye_MesoES001___BC_10761
0.2 CHN_Amur_River_10600BP:NE-3___BC_8678