Altai people are slightly more Northern shifted than North Caucasians overall. How can this happen?

[cyberlorian]

https://image.ibb.co/eQU298/Your_Regional_Ancestry_Reference_Populations.png
https://image.ibb.co/ht53Go/Your_Regional_Ancestry_Reference_Populations_1.png

Source: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/reference-populations/

Note: Southwest Asian component is not Arabian. It is Indo-Iranic.

[rein]

They’re just more north geographically that’s all.

[Sora]

I don't know but Northern/Eastern European components were always in genetics of Turks. Main components in Turkics: North/East European, Caucasian, Atlanto-Mediterranian(South European), Gedrosian, Siberian and East Asian. Also main components in North Caucasians like Circassians, Chechens etc. are: Caucasian, Gedrosian, Atlanto-Mediterranian(South European), North/East European, East Asian and Siberian. Our components are almost same.

Btw I sorted from most to least

[Tong]

Idk. dagestanis are not as northern looking as chechens or abkhaz.

[cyberlorian]

They’re just more north geographically that’s all.

But isn't North Caucasus geographically closer to Northern Europe?

[rein]

But isn't North Caucasus geographically closer to Northern Europe?

I wouldn’t take Genographic results seriously. Also, it doesn’t matter if it’s closer. If North Caucasian populations are more endogamous, there would be less mixing with North Europeans despite closer distance.

[cyberlorian]

I wouldn’t take Genographic results seriously. Also, it doesn’t matter if it’s closer. If North Caucasian populations are more endogamous, there would be less mixing with North Europeans despite closer distance.

Interestingly, even though Northern Caucasus has been in the borders of Russian federation for many many years, they are still closer to Anatolians rather than they are to Russians :confused: