The Genetic History of the Southern Arc: A Bridge between West Asia and Europe

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journal article and genomic dataset

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Science, vol. 377, no. 6609

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Yes

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• claim Ancient-DNA results for the Caucasus are constrained by uneven preservation, small samples, cemetery selection, and substantial chronological gaps.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ near certain
  contextualizes · contextualizes · Large but uneven Southern Arc transect

  Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_adna_sampling_limits.

• claim Steppe–Caucasus contacts and ancestry change do not require a single mass-replacement event during 1600–800 BCE.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports_with_caveat · supports and limits · Repeated gene flow across the Southern Arc

  Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_steppe_caucasus_mobility_not_mass_replacement.

• claim Genetic ancestry cannot by itself establish whether a Late Bronze or Early Iron Age community spoke Armenian, Kartvelian, Hurrian, Urartian, Iranian, or another language.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ near certain
  supports_with_caveat · supports and limits · Genetic history and broad language discussion

  Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_adna_not_language.

• causal hypothesis Local continuity with selective mobility and network reorganization
  Evidence confidence: ◈ moderate
  supports_with_caveat · supports and limits · Repeated Southern Arc gene flow

  Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_continuity_selective_mobility.