Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A June 2016 PMID 27274049

Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans.

Zuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer, Garrett Hellenthal, Christian Sell, Yoan Diekmann, David Díez-Del-Molino, Lucy van Dorp, Saioa López, Athanasios Kousathanas, Vivian Link, Karola Kirsanow, Lara M Cassidy, Rui Martiniano, Melanie Strobel, Amelie Scheu

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The overall tone is curious and supportive, with discussions referencing examples like Lepenski Vir sculptures and debates over genetic ancestry, showing active engagement with technical details. Some comments also challenge or expand upon the article's implications, indicating a high level of interest and critical thinking.

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Most discussions acknowledge the study's findings that early European farmers descend from Neolithic Aegeans, supporting the publication's conclusions.

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The discussions show strong interest, with many referencing genetic and archaeological details, such as Lepenski Vir sculptures and Anatolian connections.

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  • Early farmers from across Europe are directly descended from Neolithic populations in the Aegean region, indicating a shared genetic heritage.
  • The study uses advanced methods to analyze ancient DNA from early Neolithic individuals in Greece and Turkey, revealing strong genetic connections among Aegean farmers and across Europe.
  • Findings suggest a direct migratory link from southwestern Asia through Greece and Anatolia to Central Europe, supporting the idea that farming spread into Europe via multiple migration routes.]

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Dan Davis
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Who were these people, exactly? Where did they come from and why did they choose to live here in this spectacular landscape? Find out all about this unique society here: https://t.co/IurVGIlPYM

May 17, 2025 · 31 likes · 6 shares · 19,537 followers View post →
Samuel Andrews
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The divergent R1b subclade in northern Africa today is from these guys. Technically, all northwest Africans have traces of Mesolithic European ancestry. https://t.co/CqRhWWQRKC

Jul 9, 2025 · 7 likes · 184 followers View post →
Chigeorge
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@Ataturksmen @TheRisingFinix @eftimia60 @bigjohn53979259 @WaffenSS70520 @lolita194636511 @kolonjar @GrecoStrategos @APsilos @GBrezftohti @theoperi @andros_sk_mari @_Makedonuts_ @TheCross_ICXCN @PallasGlaux @StopYourBsSerb @dsgsdfg51647791 @Darnakas3 @G7uQ40F6VP1Rv2U @tricomtech @THE_GREEK_007 @DinosPalaio @Konstan16204029 @TreloKomio5 @Tutunarot1 @DirectorMKD @JordanTviterka @vladegv @No_Grik_Style @helleniccanuck1 @aleviyemem @haha_bou @MAKEDONMMA @max_zek_x @Aretitheta @Ar_MA_ge_don @SrebreniKopja @OKOTOnaSE @panbog2 @YiosDia @mmamakedonia @BasilesNikolaou @MakedonPaeon @AITWLOS @dokurcev @PegoEmpresa @dondon90820793 You absolute clown. You cited a newpaper article on this genetic study. Show me where it says in the study that neolithic farmers were in Anatolia were actually Turkic speaking tribes from Central Asia

Mar 1, 2024 · 4 likes · 553 followers View post →
Genrikh
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some additional info on Anatolian farmers https://t.co/g43QjcpubR https://t.co/cj1hLZ5V40 https://t.co/ZxSbOoRGd6 https://t.co/bJTOEtTvuH https://t.co/SHdQjwzqNi

Nov 29, 2023 · 4 likes · 136 followers View post →
petre radulescu
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The Mesolithic Fish People of Lepenski Vir (Prehistory Documentary) https://t.co/qdIOe2shyh via @YouTube

Jul 4, 2025 · 3 likes · 2,236 followers View post →
jjjjj
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https://t.co/JlsadIwN55 So there is a lack genetic continuity between modern levantine, Aegean, and Anatolian genomes to Neolithic farmers?. https://t.co/0AdfCUxNUV

Dec 15, 2023 · 3 likes · 1 share · 80 followers View post →

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judham_canaan
@judham_canaan · X

@nrken19 @Rtam86418021 Equidistant to Southern Europeans as they are to Levantines

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Vinicius Escobar
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@tuuy210210 @RisingForce_DMA @Filonescio @cassioolivveira Aqui está https://t.co/KQlGEGUZmz

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@JasonWilde108 Take a look at Lepenski Vir sculptures, all of them are fish like https://t.co/yFhdpKoTCP

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yemeni chalamet
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@oortikme @JadeAtrophis (1) IndoEuropeans (Bellbeaker) are steppe, dude. (2) Early European Farmers were direct descendants of Neolithic Farmers from the Aegean w hunter gatherer admixture. In Britain, they were basicly replaced by the Steppe descendants https://t.co/T86T2zMu84 https://t.co/IinKYLtjCj

Jul 18, 2025 · 206 followers View post →
Samuel Andrews
@SamAndrews1017 · X

The divergent R1b subclade in northern Africa today is from these guys. Technically, all northwest Africans have traces of Mesolithic European ancestry. https://t.co/CqRhWWQRKC

Jul 9, 2025 · 7 likes · 184 followers View post →
petre radulescu
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The Mesolithic Fish People of Lepenski Vir (Prehistory Documentary) https://t.co/qdIOe2shyh via @YouTube

Jul 4, 2025 · 3 likes · 2,236 followers View post →
Race of Adam
@vindhler33 · X

@GY1NS @malen_manya NEOLITHIC Levantine. Hofmanová et al. 2016, PNAS “Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans" https://t.co/tFPiyro2Sq Then you're delving into another subject prematurely by bringing up linguistics, which shifts from genetics.

Jun 15, 2025 · 1,553 followers View post →
Risichad
@Risichad · X

@cercle_cobalt Les premiers agriculteurs venant d’Anatolie on génocidés les chasseurs cueilleurs d'Europe pour s'y installer de toute manière. Il ne reste presque plus beaucoup de descendants de ces chasseurs cueilleurs autochtones. https://t.co/GEsKlTNe9q

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Звездан / Stellar
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The Mysterious Fish People of Lepenski Vir https://t.co/OIAxJ7RwdJ via @YouTube

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This suggests to me that The Esoteric Order of Dagon goes back at least as far as mesolithic Serbia @juliansimpson.bsky.social youtu.be/Rk8XVZ0IGIs

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RT @DanDavisWrites: Who were these people, exactly? Where did they come from and why did they choose to live here in this spectacular lands…

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Dan Davis
@DanDavisWrites · X

Who were these people, exactly? Where did they come from and why did they choose to live here in this spectacular landscape? Find out all about this unique society here: https://t.co/IurVGIlPYM

May 17, 2025 · 31 likes · 6 shares · 19,537 followers View post →
Issachar Zevulun ✡♓
@blazar_jones · X

Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans Zuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer, Garrett Hellenthal, and Joachim Burger link:https://t.co/GPaRHfixu1 https://t.co/rmb8w4TBh7

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Chigeorge
@Chigeorge72 · X

@Ataturksmen @TheRisingFinix @eftimia60 @bigjohn53979259 @WaffenSS70520 @lolita194636511 @kolonjar @GrecoStrategos @APsilos @GBrezftohti @theoperi @andros_sk_mari @_Makedonuts_ @TheCross_ICXCN @PallasGlaux @StopYourBsSerb @dsgsdfg51647791 @Darnakas3 @G7uQ40F6VP1Rv2U @tricomtech @THE_GREEK_007 @DinosPalaio @Konstan16204029 @TreloKomio5 @Tutunarot1 @DirectorMKD @JordanTviterka @vladegv @No_Grik_Style @helleniccanuck1 @aleviyemem @haha_bou @MAKEDONMMA @max_zek_x @Aretitheta @Ar_MA_ge_don @SrebreniKopja @OKOTOnaSE @panbog2 @YiosDia @mmamakedonia @BasilesNikolaou @MakedonPaeon @AITWLOS @dokurcev @PegoEmpresa @dondon90820793 You absolute clown. You cited a newpaper article on this genetic study. Show me where it says in the study that neolithic farmers were in Anatolia were actually Turkic speaking tribes from Central Asia

Mar 1, 2024 · 4 likes · 553 followers View post →
Angrboða
@angrbodasenna · X

Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans #mtDNA #K1a https://t.co/ey93Iud5zi. .

Dec 26, 2023 · 254 followers View post →
Genrikh
@yagodah_genrikh · X

@messagetoworld1 @AugustoCotraro Even North and Western Europeans are closer to those Anatolian Farmers https://t.co/ZxSbOoR8ny https://t.co/ZDVRXxndDQ (Data S3) https://t.co/iZZMNTblzv https://t.co/DBzjpGhR7K https://t.co/9RxzipGhrU

Dec 26, 2023 · 1 like · 136 followers View post →
Lusulpher #CutTheCheck B1
@Lusulpher1 · X

RT @JJLK4R: https://t.co/JlsadIwN55 So there is a lack genetic continuity between modern levantine, Aegean, and Anatolian genomes to Neoli…

Dec 15, 2023 · 1 share · 1,113 followers View post →
jjjjj
@JJLK4R · X

https://t.co/JlsadIwN55 So there is a lack genetic continuity between modern levantine, Aegean, and Anatolian genomes to Neolithic farmers?. https://t.co/0AdfCUxNUV

Dec 15, 2023 · 3 likes · 1 share · 80 followers View post →
Genrikh
@yagodah_genrikh · X

some additional info on Anatolian farmers https://t.co/g43QjcpubR https://t.co/cj1hLZ5V40 https://t.co/ZxSbOoRGd6 https://t.co/bJTOEtTvuH https://t.co/SHdQjwzqNi

Nov 29, 2023 · 4 likes · 136 followers View post →
Charles Crevequer
@triXcellence · X

Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans https://t.co/JlqieA17Q8

Nov 19, 2023 · 819 followers View post →
How The West Was Saved
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RT @HowTheWestWS: @LukeVlahov @Mimosa_Trees @LotteSchwert @AFLoyalist @damota_vicky @Klaus_Arminius “"Those studies also show that “white s…

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How The West Was Saved
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RT @HowTheWestWS: @LukeVlahov @Mimosa_Trees @LotteSchwert @AFLoyalist @damota_vicky @Klaus_Arminius “"Those studies also show that “white s…

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Allah Andro
@AndroAllah · X

@AliAdal39655354 @DerHelvetier @TORUKMAKTO_1 https://t.co/Ac2I2sOAOP Here another that seven studies now 4 of 27 is 14 percent or one in seven people much higher than the Middle East and clearly outdated compared to the “disingenuous” Harvard study with 200 authors, 18 percent hunter gatherer for a recessive gene https://t.co/wR5Ww3DgJ9

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@L0j0762 @NOflexZONE191 @xspotsdamark @stillSweetsvend @sentinellegrave https://t.co/FeVmgVbasq

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How The West Was Saved
@HowTheWestWS · X

RT @HowTheWestWS: @LukeVlahov @Mimosa_Trees @LotteSchwert @AFLoyalist @damota_vicky @Klaus_Arminius “"Those studies also show that “white s…

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How The West Was Saved
@HowTheWestWS · X

@LukeVlahov @Mimosa_Trees @LotteSchwert @AFLoyalist @damota_vicky @Klaus_Arminius “"Those studies also show that “white skin genes” first developed in Anatolia/Turkey with the Early Neolithic Farmers populations, around 7000 BCE.” https://t.co/RpbOSqHafe

Feb 26, 2023 · 3 shares · 1,621 followers View post →
GroundedInReality
@grounded_in · X

@mookafro_tswana @MingHatesSWS @Khana6Nezuko Huh? Many agricultural and other early technologies were developed in Europe, but your main problems is you confuse geography with people. Europeans today are, for the most part, not the same people that occupied Europe prior to the Neolithic. https://t.co/uUApZD8hx9

Feb 10, 2023 · 331 followers View post →
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@83221n4ndr34 · X

su ogni definizione e passaggio logico altrimenti diventava davvero infinito. FONTI libro: https://t.co/mKD453Y6tI europei: https://t.co/Un5Ga6iFMe https://t.co/1zYnwt4FI1 https://t.co/BsLT4T57HN italiani: https://t.co/ATK2eOZCeK https://t.co/aaa4l1cKQ8 africani sotto +

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Drago19951874
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@MrK00001 https://t.co/15MFJt5WiL early European farmers all most all of them lighter skin

Mar 29, 2022 · 2 followers View post →
Joe Clark
@joeclark_343 · X

@onursal_nilufer https://t.co/NCUJPAQIb7 Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

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Paleogenomics - María Ávila Arcos
@paleogenomics.bsky.social · Bluesky

Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans http://www.pnas.org/content/113/25/6886

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