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Why does Georgia have the highest amount of "west asian" (middle-eastern?) DNA?

Genetic distance by inferred ancestral population
GeorgianSardinianMozabiteLithuanianSaudiBasque
Georgian00.0480.0710.0390.0590.049
Sardinian0.04800.0730.0410.0610.046
Mozabite0.0710.07300.0690.0770.077
Lithuanian0.0390.0410.06900.0590.04
Saudi0.0590.0610.0770.05900.067
Basque0.0490.0460.0770.040.0670

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Lithuanian reference population is the closest to Georgia based on K6 made by Razib Khan.

As we know Georgians have one of the most CHG/Caucasus like admixture, i would consider the possibility the Caucasus and North European like components share a common ancestral origin which would correlates with linguistic and culture if we consider Georgian is one of the oldest unique Ind-European language and i would go as far to say the majority of West Eurasians excluding the Semitic speakers share a common North Caucasian-Southern Steppe origin.

I'd also add Georgians have significant Iran Neolithic admixture component which might be the ancestor of all Indo-Aryan/Hindu Kush civillizations from Kurdistan to North India.

Source&Map:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/04/gene-flow-stops-at-gibraltar-mostly/#.WHAA-blV66g

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