Apr 19, 2022·edited Apr 19, 2022Liked by Peter Nimitz
Herodotus in his Histories mentions that king Minos was the first to sail around the known world, so that bit of info was not just known only to Thucydides.
Great piece! My ancestry is 100% Peloponnesian with all 4 grandparents born on the peninsula before 1890 so I’m about as mainland as you’ll get. When I run my raw autosomal data on various ancient G25 calcs or compose my own I typically get around 60% Anatolian Barcin, 34% Steppe, 1% WHG (which makes sense) and minor elements that vary but typically something like CHG, Armenia EBA, Iran Neolithic or Levantine PPNB. I’m guessing these additional components came from the second wave of farmers that made it to mainland Greece.
Jun 10, 2022·edited Jun 10, 2022Liked by Peter Nimitz
What are you referencing with your indication that what is now Croatia avoided the WHG resurgence/EEF genocide? It is now an area with pretty high WHG patrilineal ancestry, right?
Super read. I always suspected that the Philistines must have made their way from Mycenae by way of Crete due to the monopoly of ironmongering cited in the Bible. The David and Goliath story always struck me as a story of a native tribe with poorer Bronze weapons defeating a technically superior behemoth.
Brilliant piece. Nemets is a pioneer.
Very interesting article, thanks!
Herodotus in his Histories mentions that king Minos was the first to sail around the known world, so that bit of info was not just known only to Thucydides.
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Great piece! My ancestry is 100% Peloponnesian with all 4 grandparents born on the peninsula before 1890 so I’m about as mainland as you’ll get. When I run my raw autosomal data on various ancient G25 calcs or compose my own I typically get around 60% Anatolian Barcin, 34% Steppe, 1% WHG (which makes sense) and minor elements that vary but typically something like CHG, Armenia EBA, Iran Neolithic or Levantine PPNB. I’m guessing these additional components came from the second wave of farmers that made it to mainland Greece.
What are you referencing with your indication that what is now Croatia avoided the WHG resurgence/EEF genocide? It is now an area with pretty high WHG patrilineal ancestry, right?
That was a good read which clarified some issues for me. Thank you.
very interesting article and very well written.
Super read. I always suspected that the Philistines must have made their way from Mycenae by way of Crete due to the monopoly of ironmongering cited in the Bible. The David and Goliath story always struck me as a story of a native tribe with poorer Bronze weapons defeating a technically superior behemoth.
Nemets!
Really interesting!
Fantastic read. Keep on keeping on.
"The Mycenaean Greeks invaded Sicily"
-You mean Crete, and it was in the fifteenth century BC....................