Angela
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Let's take a look at 5 of the 6 samples. (I don't seem to have ETR016)
These people are mostly C6, with only one sample being C5, and the other being a North African-mixed outlier.
Maybe if this study bothered to examine the genetic variation of the so-called Imperial cluster, they would see that C6 was present in the Iron age. Two even matches close to R437, for God sake!
[TABLE="class: distances"]
[TR]
[TH]Distance to:[/TH]
[TH]C.Italy_Imperial:Tarquinia(Viterbo_Lazio)_262-424CE:TAQ021[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3.65334094[/TD]
[TD]C6_Iron_Age_Mediterranean:R437_(Latin_Prenestini_Tribe)_Palestrina_Selicata[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.97456531[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R52_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.18260552[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R131_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.70495399[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R56_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.04666024[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R35_Celio[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.28720129[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R122_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.57902728[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R59_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.65725920[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R107_Crypta_Balbi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.71589160[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1290_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.98328003[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R49_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.02547507[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R65_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.26534239[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R58_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.33377802[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R113_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.65644173[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R836_Civitanova_Marche[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.96656764[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R973_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.01634580[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R57_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.20192660[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R117_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.33453058[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R118_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.54786523[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R32_Mausole_di_Augusto[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.69293966[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R137_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.70378653[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R30_Mausole_di_Augusto[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.72009174[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R969_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.73635508[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R53_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.78846972[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R47_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.91677072[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1283_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: distances"]
[TR]
[TH]Distance to:[/TH]
[TH]C.Italy_Imperial:Tarquinia(Viterbo_Lazio)_89-236CE:TAQ020[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.22571887[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R36_Celio[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.31196011[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R111_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.71508530[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R120_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.04187885[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1283_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.30849427[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R118_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.36097477[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R835_Civitanova_Marche[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.41825521[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1287_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.51541250[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R970_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.83435440[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R113_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.93213531[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1285_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.00451997[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R969_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.12097606[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R121_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.76882230[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R836_Civitanova_Marche[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.44433538[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R52_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.45839819[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R1549_Monterotondo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.71862374[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R60_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.80415243[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1290_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.27257785[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R973_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.40364291[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R131_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.58771610[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R54_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.69825758[/TD]
[TD]C7_Iron_Age_European:R1_(Protovillanovan)_Martinsicuro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.83711340[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R122_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.94152403[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R117_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.02607600[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R56_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.34189054[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R49_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: distances"]
[TR]
[TH]Distance to:[/TH]
[TH]C.Italy_Imperial:Marsilianad'Albegna(Grosseto_Tuscany)_400-530CE:MAS003[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.72047278[/TD]
[TD]C3_Iron_Age_N_African/Euro-Mix:R475_(Etruscan)_Civitavecchia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.71365021[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R52_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.89276672[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1287_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.07572587[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R118_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.62520130[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R120_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.93343344[/TD]
[TD]C6_Iron_Age_Mediterranean:R437_(Latin_Prenestini_Tribe)_Palestrina_Selicata[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.17619772[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1283_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.30015048[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R113_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.30794354[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R35_Celio[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.45892442[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R122_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.58182876[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R835_Civitanova_Marche[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.58912650[/TD]
[TD]C3_Imperial_North_African:R80_Viale_Rossini_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.72016791[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1285_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.76918753[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R47_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10.82503118[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R56_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.26164730[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R107_Crypta_Balbi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.38913956[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R111_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.47918116[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R36_Celio[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.57820366[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R131_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.66526039[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R45_Isola_Sacra_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.79233649[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R32_Mausole_di_Augusto[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11.82417862[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R121_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12.06321682[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R969_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12.10252866[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1290_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12.33378287[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R117_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: distances"]
[TR]
[TH]Distance to:[/TH]
[TH]C.Italy_Imperial:Marsilianad'Albegna(Grosseto_Tuscany)_240-380CE:MAS002[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2.96464163[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R81_Viale_Rossini_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.41155301[/TD]
[TD]C4_Imperial_Near_Eastern:R41_Isola_Sacra_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.43072229[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R134_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.49097985[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R34_Mausole_di_Augusto[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.13506572[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R115_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.33598163[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R66_ANAS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.45977106[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R133_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.51823341[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R1545_Necropolis_of_Monte_Agnese[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.83553768[/TD]
[TD]C5_Iron_Age_Eastern_Mediterranean:R850_(Latini)_Ardea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.91614740[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R1543_Necropolis_of_Monte_Agnese[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.96332961[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R123_Casale_del_Dolce[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.16414633[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R39_Isola_Sacra_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.17226863[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R50_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.54462375[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R40_Isola_Sacra_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.85520970[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R51_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.11766816[/TD]
[TD]C4_Imperial_Near_Eastern:R73_ANAS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.13604232[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R1548_Monterotondo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.20874469[/TD]
[TD]C4_Imperial_Near_Eastern:R75_Viale_Rossini_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.60957949[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R130_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.64296408[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R114_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.67714791[/TD]
[TD]C5_Imperial_Eastern_Mediterranean:R72_ANAS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.11841733[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R30_Mausole_di_Augusto[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.52355560[/TD]
[TD]C4_Imperial_Near_Eastern:R70_ANAS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.78526038[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R137_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.15473102[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R136_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: distances"]
[TR]
[TH]Distance to:[/TH]
[TH]ETR001[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3.08917465[/TD]
[TD]C6_Iron_Age_Mediterranean:R437_(Latin_Prenestini_Tribe)_Palestrina_Selicata[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3.12755496[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R52_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.03565360[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R131_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.13444071[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R113_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4.93768164[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R117_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.00859262[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R56_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.05356310[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R118_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5.56285898[/TD]
[TD]C5_Late_Antiquity_Eastern_Mediterranean:R122_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.02139519[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R836_Civitanova_Marche[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.29034975[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R47_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.51112126[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R49_Centocelle_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.52214689[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R835_Civitanova_Marche[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.66137373[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1290_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6.98725983[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R35_Celio[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.02551777[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R973_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.25305453[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R65_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.88702098[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R64_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7.93834366[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R969_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.01208462[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R54_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.17496789[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R1283_Cancelleria[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.30575704[/TD]
[TD]C6_Late_Antiquity_Mediterranean:R120_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.45656550[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R57_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.47171765[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R111_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.53086748[/TD]
[TD]C6_Medieval_Mediterranean:R59_Villa_Magna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8.58506261[/TD]
[TD]C6_Imperial_Mediterranean:R137_Marcellino_&_Pietro[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
This is the problem with doing averages. One or two extreme outliers can throw everything off, using the wrong reference sample for North African ancestry is another problem and just amplifies the error. Why the heck would an author who has worked with Reich and is supervised by Krause not realize that? What would happen if the outlier wasn't included? What if they used a different reference for North African?
Plus, what is that graph in the supplement all about? It shows a big change happened not before the Early Middle Ages, but after it, and the biggest change was an increase in Iran Neo, while steppe stayed about the same. How the heck could that have happened? Nowhere do they explain it. Why didn't they look at the yDna to see if their modeling made sense? There has to be some rough correlation or it doesn't make sense.
Did it not occur to them to try using only the Imperial samples who weren't extreme outliers and see if the subsequent modeling provided better fits?

I see no common sense, no attention to detail. We know more about these samples than Posth does.
It makes me doubt even the Reich Lab and Lazaridis. Whatever is most politically convenient is the way they'll go.