Children from one of the Tajikistan communities included in the study. Credit: Elena Balanovska
The Indo-Europeans went through the area on their way to else where.
Some rather large migrations came from the east and went to the west, Mongols and Huns to name just two. Both took slaves by the many many and sent them back to their homeland to for work, play and breeding stock.
Oh, and before there were Russians, there was the Rus warlords stomping through the area doing the same thing as the Hun and Mongols.
That there’s a lot of genetic mix is kind of a - duh, I would think.
Oh, and Eurasian women can be incredibly hot.
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Topical and easy enough for us lowly laymen. Any geneticist who also owns a nightclub is worth a follow.
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