What is the origin of blue eyes and light skin? Paleolithic or Neolithic?

[Jackson]

The Scythians had some good tattoo artists. I don't know where light skin and eyes came from.

[Insuperable]

It is also very probably that these features are the result of admixed meso-neo people and can't be attributed to neither mesolithics or neolithics.

[Peikko]

It is also very probably that these features are the result of admixed meso-neo people and can't be attributed to neither mesolithics or neolithics.

That's certainly possible. It's not like PIE carried only R1a and R1b, they were a mixed race. But if they were dominantly blond and blue eyed, why aren't the Brits or Slavs? Anyone who actually believes in it must be retarded.

[Smeagol]

That's certainly possible. It's not like PIE carried only R1a and R1b, they were a mixed race. But if they were dominantly blond and blue eyed, why aren't the Brits or Slavs? Anyone who actually believes in it must be retarded.

The Aryans were outnumbered by the Paleolithic Europeans, and mixed with them. Modern Slavs are not pure descendants of Indo-Europeans.

[Peikko]

The Aryans were outnumbered by the Paleolithic Europeans, and mixed with them. Modern Slavs are not pure descendants of Indo-Europeans.

That's not supported by genetics (Ireland R1b over 80% as an example)

[Smeagol]

That's not supported by genetics (Ireland R1b over 80% as an example)

Haplogroups say little about your actual ancestry. Irish are mainly paleolithic with some Aryan influence.

[Peikko]

Haplogroups say little about your actual ancestry. Irish are mainly paleolithic with some Aryan influence.

So where did the Paleolithic haplogroups dissappear? What about the Iberians or Italians?

[Smeagol]

So where did the Paleolithic haplogroups dissappear? What about the Iberians or Italians?

Haplogroups don't say anything about most of your ancestry. Irish belong mostly to paleolithic races. (Brunn, Borreby, etc...) Of course there is also influence from Neolithics, (North Atlantids, Keltic Nordic, etc.)

[Mans not hot]

I1 Y-DNA correlated light-eyes geographic distribution.

Er.. Do you realised that Y-DNA =/= pigmentation? Judging by that map you posted, North Italians are more blue eyes than North Slavs, which is obviously hard to believe.

[Peikko]

Haplogroups don't say anything about most of your ancestry. Irish belong mostly to paleolithic races. (Brunn, Borreby, etc...)

You didn't answer my question. Where did the Paleolithic haplogroups haplogroups dissappear? If the Irish have mainly Paleolithic ancestry, then how did their paternal lines become mainly R1b?