Do Saami have the least Steppe in Northern Europe?
They seem to be very Steppe depressed compared to their neighbors in the region e.g. Finns, Germanics and Slavs who seem much more Yamnaya derived.
Target: Saami_Sweden_(n=13)
Distance: 4.0037% / 0.04003687
23.6 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
20.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
19.2 Nganasan_(n=61)
16.0 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
15.2 TUR_Barcin_N
5.4 Russia_Shamanka_Eneolithic.SG
Target: Saami_Norway_(n=2)
Distance: 4.3203% / 0.04320280
27.4 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
21.8 Nganasan_(n=61)
16.6 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
16.4 TUR_Barcin_N
14.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
3.2 Russia_Shamanka_Eneolithic.SG
Some individual Saamis
Target: Saami:GS000035025
Distance: 4.9966% / 0.04996629
33.6 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
23.4 Nganasan_(n=61)
14.4 TUR_Barcin_N
12.4 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
12.4 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
3.8 Russia_Shamanka_Eneolithic.SG
Compare to others in Northern Europe:
Target: Norwegian_(n=37)
Distance: 4.6217% / 0.04621737
49.0 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
34.2 TUR_Barcin_N
15.4 WHG
1.4 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
Target: Swedish_(n=113)
Distance: 4.5132% / 0.04513248
46.0 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
33.4 TUR_Barcin_N
11.8 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
8.8 WHG
Yamnaya in Finns, Balts and other NE Europeans seem to decrease? Does this means NE Europeans have more direct EHG and less Steppe (which also means lower CHG) than thought?
Target: Finnish_(n=50)
Distance: 5.1293% / 0.05129314
35.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
26.4 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
26.4 TUR_Barcin_N
6.8 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
4.6 Nganasan_(n=61)
0.2 Russia_Shamanka_Eneolithic.SG
Target: Latvian_(n=7)
Distance: 7.6202% / 0.07620158
38.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
31.4 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
26.6 TUR_Barcin_N
3.8 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
Target: Estonian_(n=11)
Distance: 6.7519% / 0.06751923
34.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
28.4 TUR_Barcin_N
27.6 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
9.4 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
Target: Lithuanian_East_Aukstaitija_(n=10)
Distance: 7.7344% / 0.07734367
37.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
29.2 TUR_Barcin_N
29.0 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
4.2 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
Target: Belarusian_(n=23)
Distance: 6.7332% / 0.06733221
36.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
33.6 TUR_Barcin_N
24.6 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
5.6 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
Target: Russian_Oryol_(n=11)
Distance: 6.2983% / 0.06298317
38.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
34.2 TUR_Barcin_N
20.6 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
7.0 Russia_Samara_Mesolithic_(EHG)_(n=2)
Target: Polish_(n=60)
Distance: 5.6289% / 0.05628872
39.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
35.6 TUR_Barcin_N
24.8 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
It seems to rebound again in other Germanics
Target: German_Hamburg_(n=16)
Distance: 4.1568% / 0.04156834
45.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
37.8 TUR_Barcin_N
10.4 WHG
6.2 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
Target: English_(n=44)
Distance: 4.4464% / 0.04446429
46.8 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
38.8 TUR_Barcin_N
14.4 WHG
Target: Scottish_(n=35)
Distance: 4.7063% / 0.04706293
49.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
36.8 TUR_Barcin_N
14.0 WHG
But anyway it looks like Saami have the least Steppe in Northern Europe?
After Sardinians, Aegean Greeks, Maniots, South Italians, Maltese, Sicilians, Basques, several other Iberians etc. do Saami also have one of the lowest Yamnaya/IE input in the continent?
Saami seem to have lower than many Southern Europeans including Balkanites, for example.
Target: Albanian_Tosk_(n=24)
Distance: 2.0634% / 0.02063424
57.8 TUR_Barcin_N
34.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
3.6 Levant_PPNB
2.2 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N
2.2 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
Target: Macedonian_North_Macedonia_(n=32)
Distance: 2.9667% / 0.02966683
54.0 TUR_Barcin_N
37.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
5.2 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
2.8 Levant_PPNB
0.4 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N
Target: Bosniak_Sandzak_(n=6)
Distance: 3.3432% / 0.03343224
53.0 TUR_Barcin_N
37.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
9.8 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
Target: Romanian_(n=28)
Distance: 3.4383% / 0.03438331
49.2 TUR_Barcin_N
39.0 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
9.2 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
2.2 Levant_PPNB
0.4 Russia_Shamanka_Eneolithic.SG
Some more Southern Europeans:
Target: Italian_Tuscany_(Tuscan)_(n=23)
Distance: 1.9896% / 0.01989627
58.4 TUR_Barcin_N
33.4 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
3.0 Israel_Epipaleolithic_Natufian_(n=2)
2.8 WHG
2.4 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N
Target: Greek_Epirus_(n=13)
Distance: 2.3120% / 0.02311975
55.6 TUR_Barcin_N
34.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
3.6 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N
3.6 Levant_PPNB
1.4 WHG
1.2 Sweden_Mesolithic_Motala_(n=5)
Posted Mar 5, 2026, 11:38 AM UTC