17/02/2024
We have decided that in the next few weeks we will publish the ethnicity estimates of various ancient samples, using the Humanitas analysis that best contextualizes them on a historical level.
In this regard, we begin with the analysis of one of the medieval Ashkenazi samples from Erfurt in Germany. The sample in question is one of the most qualitative in terms of SNPs coverage and therefore lends itself to a more effective and accurate analysis.
This sample has all the components present in modern Ashkenazi, albeit slightly more "European" and less Middle Eastern. Indeed, other samples that we will analyze in the near future present a decidedly more Levantine and Middle Eastern profile.
This ancient variability in the Ashkenazi cluster is today considerably reduced and through centuries-old endogamy of the group has allowed modern Ashkenazi to be extremely similar at an autosomal level, albeit with the necessary singularities and individualities linked to heredity.
Here is the full analysis in PDF:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ku_9jEeS1_qa6kPH76Pdj78h969h_ZD2/view?usp=drivesdk
