Originally Posted by
Myanthropologies
Well yeah, modern day iranics are mostly kavkazian genetically. But both Sintashta and Yamnaya were genetically diverse, with some being closer to eastern iranics, and some being very very very close to eastern and Northern Europeans. I have read somewhere that western Yamnaya was probably the origin of r1b, and to me, that makes a lot of sense. I guess we will have to wait and see.
Phenotypically Yamnaya definitely looked like you guys though. Genetically they seem mostly eastern European leaning as well.