Fig. 3
From: Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia
Genetic links between Near-Eastern and European hunter-gatherers. a Genetic affinity between Near-Eastern and European hunter-gatherers increases after 14,000 years ago as measured by the statistic D(European HG, Kostenki14; Natufian/AHG, Mbuti). Vertical lines mark ± 1 SE. Data points for which D > 3 SE are outlined. Kostenki14 serves here as a baseline for the earlier European hunter-gatherers. Statistics including all analyzed European hunter-gatherers are listed in Supplementary Data 5. Individuals marked with an asterisk did not reach the analysis threshold of over 30,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) overlapping with Natufian/AHG. b Basal Eurasian ancestry proportions (α) as a marker for Near-Eastern gene flow. Mixture proportions inferred by qpAdm for the Anatolian hunter-gatherer (AHG) and the Iron Gates hunter-gatherers (Iron Gates HG) are schematically represented6. The lower schematic shows the expected α in Iron Gates HG under assumption of unidirectional gene flow, inferred from α in the AHG source population. The observed α for Iron Gates HG is considerably smaller than expected; thus, the unidirectional gene flow from the Near East to Europe is not sufficient to explain the affinity between Iron Gates HG and AHG. Source data are provided as a Source Data file
