According to the Mehr news agency, citing the University of Tehran, the results of an iernational research in the field of archeology, which was carried out in collaboration with Dr. Hassan Fazli Nashli, a faculty member of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities of the University of Tehran, and researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany, Australia, America, Russia, China, Georgia and Armenia has been published in the journal Nature. In this article, significa genetic differences between the North and South populations of the Caucasus Mouains in the Mesolithic period have been ideified.
Dr. Fazeli said about this research, which was joily conducted at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, “New research in the Caucasus and its surrounding areas provides new insights io the history of huer-gatherer societies and their impact on the formation of steppe herding societies.”
He stated that in this study, genomic genetic data belonging to 131 people from 38 ancie regions were examined over a period of 6000 years. has been The northern population is described as having eastern huer-gatherer ancestry and the southern population as having Caucasian huer-gatherer ancestry and influences from eastern Anatolian farmers.
The archeology professor of Tehran University further added: In the Neolithic period, cultural and technological ieractions between the mouainous and steppe areas have clearly increased. Facilitated by the technological advanceme of the Maikop cultural complex, these ieractions have coributed to the flourishing of steppe societies.
He emphasized: The ieresting thing to note in this research is the long-term genetic stability of livestock communities in the early and middle Bronze Age, but at the end of this period, signs of genetic changes and the decline of steppe communities can be seen, which lead to the combination and absorption of discovered steppe populations. It increases in the resides of high areas. These findings coribute to a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural developmes of the Caucasus and its mutual effects on differe societies.
The article resulting from this research titled The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus is available at this address.
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