Georgian DNA: ancient origins from Caucasus hunter-gatherers to the highlands
Georgia holds two of the most important genomes in West Eurasian prehistory. What Satsurblia and Kotias revealed, the Kura-Araxes and later layers, why Georgian ancestry is among Eurasia's most continuous, and how to read your own results.
- The genomes that named a lineage
- Farmers arrive, the blend sets
- What modern Georgian genomes show
- Reading your own results
- Frequently asked questions
- Are Georgians "descended from the Caucasus hunter-gatherers"?
- How much steppe ancestry do Georgians have?
- Is Georgian ancestry the same as Armenian?
- Sources and further reading
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