Early food-producing communities
Neolithic Anatolia was one of several regions where settled life and food production developed and intensified.
Ancient DNA affinity · Early farming
Anatolian Neolithic Farmer ancestry calculator from raw DNA
Compare your raw DNA with Anatolian Neolithic Farmer-related ancestry, also called Anatolian early farmer or Anatolian Neolithic ancestry.
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Timelinec. 8,500–6,000 BCE
15,000 BCE10,000 BCE5,000 BCEPresent
A major source for European farmers
Anatolian-related groups contributed much of the ancestry carried by early farmers moving into southeastern Europe.
Not every farmer was the same
Ancient farmers in Anatolia, the Levant, Iran and Europe were genetically differentiated and later mixed.
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Understanding Anatolian Neolithic Farmer ancestry.
Anatolian Neolithic farmers were early food-producing communities in what is now Turkey. They lived during the Neolithic transition, beginning roughly 10,000 years ago, and their descendants or related groups contributed ancestry to farming populations that expanded westward into southeastern and later much of Europe.
Why it matters
Anatolian-related farmer ancestry is one of the most useful reference layers for understanding European prehistory. It is not identical to every Early European Farmer or every Neolithic population: farmers in Anatolia, the Levant, Iran and Europe were genetically differentiated and mixed in different ways over time.
Who were the Anatolian Neolithic farmers?
They were early farming and village communities in Anatolia, within present-day Turkey. The label describes populations from a broad region and long transition, not one homogeneous archaeological culture.
How did farmer-related ancestry reach Europe?
Ancient genomes indicate that people carrying substantial Anatolian Neolithic-related ancestry moved through southeastern Europe and later across much of the continent, mixing with local hunter-gatherers along the way.
Why this is not an Early European Farmer percentage
Barcin Neolithic is used here as one ancient reference in a relative f4 test. Early European farmers had their own regional histories and varying hunter-gatherer admixture, so the labels should not be treated as identical percentages.
Common questions
Anatolian Neolithic Farmer ancestry FAQ.
What is Anatolian Neolithic Farmer ancestry?
It is genetic similarity to early Neolithic populations from Anatolia that contributed substantially to the ancestry of early European farming groups.
Is Anatolian Farmer ancestry the same as modern Turkish ancestry?
No. Modern populations formed through many later migrations and mixtures. Barcin Neolithic is an ancient reference, not a proxy for modern Turkish identity.
Were all early farmers genetically identical?
No. Anatolian, Levantine and Iranian early farming populations were differentiated, and farming populations changed through migration and mixture.
Can this calculator estimate my Early European Farmer percentage?
No. It reports relative affinity to an Anatolian Neolithic reference. Estimating mixture proportions requires a separate ancestry model.
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