Contemporary descent from western Iron Age Scythians is mainly found among various Eurasian groups, whereas contemporary descent from eastern Iron Age Scythians is almost exclusively Turkic:
We used 10 summary statistics for our model selection procedure (within-population statistics for each contemporary population, and FST and PHS between contemporary
population and each Scythian sample group). An inspection of simulated values suggested that these were successful in approximating the observed values, regardless of We then applied this model selection procedure to 86 contemporary population samples and the main findings can be summarized as follows (Supplementary Fig. 10 and 11).
Firstly, contemporary populations likely to be directly descended from western Scythians were mainly found in geographic proximity to the archaeological sites, consisting of Indo-European, Iranian, Slavic and Caucasian groups, but also included some Uzbeks (Supplementary Fig. 10a and Supplementary Fig. 11). The populations with the highest likelihood of direct descent were either located in close proximity (e.g. Russians, Mohska), the Caucasus (e,g, Azeris, Abazinians) or in Central Asia (e.g. some Uzbeks, Tajiks) (Supplementary Fig. 10a).
Secondly and similarly, contemporary populations most likely to share a common ancestor with western Scythians were primarily found among Iranian and Caucasian groups, predominantly situated in the western part of our sampling range (Supplementary Fig. 10c and Supplementary Fig. 11). Though supported by lower model posteriors, these included Iranians, Chechens, Cirkassians and also (again) Uzbeks.
Thirdly, contemporary populations with the highest likelihood of being directly descended from eastern Scythian groups are almost exclusively Turkic language speakers (Supplementary Fig. 10b). Particularly high statistical support was documented for some Turkic speaking groups geographically located close to the archaeological sites of the eastern Scythians (e.g. Telenghits, Tubular, Tofalar), but also among Turkic speaking populations located in Central Asia (e.g. Kyrgyz, Kazakhs and Karakalpaks) (Supplementary Fig. 11). These same results were found for some Turkic groups located even further to the West, such as the Kazan Volga-Tatars. Finally, contemporary populations likely to share a common ancestor with eastern Scythians were mainly found among Turkic, Mongolian and Siberian groups located in eastern Eurasia (Supplementary Fig. 10d and Supplementary Fig. 11). In summary, these results provide further support for a multi-regional origin of the various Scythian groups from the Iron Age.
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