Who has the most Yamnaya DNA?

Finland
Eastern Europe and Finland Per Haak et al. (2015), the Yamnaya contribution in the modern populations of Eastern Europe ranges from 46.8\% among Russians to 42.8\% in Ukrainians. Finland has one of the highest Yamnaya contributions in all of Europe (50.4\%).

Why are most Europeans lactose intolerant?

The study of DNA from 230 Eurasians who lived between 6500 BC and 300 BC showed that Russian herders from the Great Steppes brought the enzymes for lactose tolerance into Europe. This mutation enables the enzyme lactase, which digests lactose in milk, to remain active long after weaning occurs.

What haplogroup was Yamnaya?

Genetic analysis of Yamnayan genomes conducted by Allentoft (2015) and Haak et al. (2015) revealed that Yamnayans were a blend of three ancestral populations. The dominant element (55 to 85\%) was the Mesolithic Eastern Hunter-Gatherer (EHG), associated with Y-haplogroups R1a and R1b.

What is basal admixture?

Basal-Eurasian is a hypothetical line of descent, which exists in greatest amount among ancient Near East individuals. The admixture of the main lineage of all other non-Africans with Neanderthals likely occurred 50,000-60,000 years ago, after they diverged from Basal Eurasians.

Is it possible to estimate Yamnaya ancestry in modern populations?

Obviously, we’ll need many more ancient samples from the vast Yamnaya horizon to be able to estimate direct Yamnaya ancestry in modern populations with any great confidence. But I’d say this looks like a very reasonable attempt, with more or less comparable results to those published by Haak et al. (for instance, see Figure 3 from the study here).

Is Pathan related to Yamnaya?

Albertosaid… It’s is Yamnaya related, but actually to the non-EHG part of Yamnaya. The easiest way to see that we are missing an important piece is that Pathans are 35\% Yamnaya related, yet they have virtually no WHG or EHG ancestry. So all their Yamnaya comes from the Tajik/Tabassaran part.

Where did the Yamnaya culture come from?

Representation of a Yamnaya Culture horse rider. The peoples came to Europe from modern-day western Russia or the Ukraine. ( katiekk2 / Adobe stock) The study found there was no sudden admixture of the pre-existing groups and those from the Pontic-Steppe.

What if Yamanya was 50\% EHG?

If Yamanya was 50\% EHG, it means that the real Yamanaya related ancestry is very low in Europe (ironically, including the Pontic steppe, that must have suffered a big west to east migration at some point) and Central and South Asia. But again, we need ancient DNA to give credit to this.