Here's a simple and straightforward question:
How much Corded Ware ancestry do Bell Beakers of Northern and Central Europe have?
Shouldn't they have more steppe ancestry than the previous Corded Ware if they are descended from the same meta-population?
H6a1a West Frisia Netherlands approximately 1700 BCE. Certainly that woman came from CWC ancestry. Not surprising as I have an exact match one exact match in the Netherlands but 4 exact matches in Germany, 3 matches in Great Britain and 2 in Ireland. Seeems some of the BBC folks absorbed CWC "Steppe" ancestry on their way west. Not surprising really.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably true. The main question is 'why' Bell Beakers have less steppe admixture if in fact that are built heavily on a CWC maternal substrate, especially if we imagine Bell Beaker progenitors coming from a similar population.
DeleteDidn't the Bell Beaker paper say BBC was 50% Steppe and CWC was about 75% Steppe?
ReplyDeleteNot explicitly, but broadly true. Most CWC are 75% steppe-like, whereas it never really peaks past 50% with Beakers. However it reaches 75% with one Beaker in Hungary.
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