Genetics of the Lusatians - Proto Balto Slavs

[AndreiDNA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS8RUivULlk

[Peterski]

You didn't show that according to Global25 they are closest to Estonians:


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Distance to:
Ukraine_Volyn_Lusatian_IA_850_BC_Cov>50%N=2


0.03728883
Estonian


0.03919609
Latvian


0.03966753
Lithuanian_SZ


0.04067559
Russian_Pskov


0.04072431
Lithuanian_VA


0.04100784
Lithuanian_PA


0.04244645
Lithuanian_RA


0.04289711
Lithuanian_PZ


0.04367953
Lithuanian_VZ


0.04621048
Russian_Tver


0.04778474
Russian_Kursk


0.04885613
Belarusian


0.04907230
Finnish_Southeast


0.04952024
Russian_Kaluga


0.04962552
Ingrian


0.04992522
Russian_Yaroslavl


0.05220154
Russian_Ryazan


0.05247664
Cossack_Kuban


0.05269848
Ukrainian_Rivne


0.05271108
Russian_Smolensk


0.05274102
Polish_Kashubian


0.05290024
Ukrainian_Chernihiv


0.05315599
Ukrainian_Dnipro


0.05347979
Russian_Voronez


0.05365571
Russian_Orel


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[Peterski]

By the way based on K36 these Lusatians are actually pretty close to North Slavs.

Here is K36 average of 2 high coverage Lusatian samples (UKR167 and UKR168):

Sample Lusatian_average(n=2)
Amerindian 0.00
Arabian 0.00
Armenian 0.00
Basque 0.67
Central African 0.00
Central Euro 9.70
East African 0.00
East Asian 0.00
East Balkan 3.54
East Central Asian 0.00
East Central Euro 22.12
East Med 0.00
Eastern Euro 21.34
Fennoscandian 11.75
French 1.48
Iberian 0.38
Indo-Chinese 0.00
Italian 0.00
Malayan 0.00
Near Eastern 0.00
North African 0.00
North Atlantic 7.65
North Caucasian 0.00
North Sea 13.66
Northeast African 0.00
Oceanian 0.00
Omotic 0.00
Pygmy 0.00
Siberian 0.00
South Asian 0.00
South Central Asian 4.25
South Chinese 0.00
Volga-Ural 3.25
West African 0.24
West Caucasian 0.00
West Med 0.00

Their closest distances:

[1] "1. CLOSEST SINGLE ITEM DISTANCE%"
Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.7806894
Europe_PL_Lubuskie:Medieval
0.9384759
Europe_PL_Warmia-Masuria
0.9655517
Europe_PL_Podlaskie
0.9659581
Europe_PL_Central-Poland
1.0003100
Europe_PL_Wielkopolskie:Medieval
1.0041708
Europe_PL_Radom
1.0163656
Europe_PL_Kujawsko-Pomorskie
1.0253024
Russia_RUS_Murom
1.0351807
Europe_PL_Swietokrzyskie
1.0539502

Individual K36 results:


UKR167,0,0,0,0,0,8.07,0,0,0,0,27.27,0,21.29,12.87, 2.96,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.27,0,13.65,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.66,0,1 .96,0,0,0
UKR168,0,0,0,1.34,0,11.32,0,0,7.08,0,16.96,0,21.39 ,10.62,0,0.75,0,0,0,0,0,8.02,0,13.66,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 .84,0,4.54,0.48,0,0

[Peterski]

Here is a cool website about the Lusatian culture:

https://www.indo-european-connection.com/science/lusatian-culture