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Great find Gilgamesh! It seems what I initially thought about the Ancient Egyptians was true, that they were nearly completely Caucasoid! I did start to accept another theory that because they bordered three population (Levantine, Berber, East African), that they were a mix of these three and were similar to modern Egyptians. But that does not seem to be the case. It seems modern Egyptians are the ones that have taken on significant SSA admixture, not the ancients, also more Persian-like DNA. I bet Afrocentrists will be upset when they see this, since this shows they were nowhere near being black.
It seems, according to the ADMIXTURE analysis, that the Ancient Egyptians were almost like Natufians, but were more Anatolian and North Persian (Gedrosia/Caucuses??) shifted. It seems also the modern Saudis are the closest modern people in DNA mixture to the Ancient Egyptians. However, the modern Egyptians are their descendants, but are just more SSA shifted. That does suggest significant genetic continuity, besides the SSA and a little more N. Persian-like component. Lol, wow who would have guessed that ancients had less SSA than the moderns. I think maybe I might have heard you argue toward that before, can't really remember tho.
Anyway, good find bro! I got this one saved in my favorites now
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