I love how they studiously avoid mentioning Iran in all these studies. There is a gap there between "Greece, Armenia, India and China". Hmm. Is this like the disappearing Persian Gulf syndrome?
The article focuses heavily on the Yamnaya people and identifies them as the progenitors responsible for the initial Indo-European spread.
Are you suggesting:
A) the Yamnaya lived in present-day Iran and that this information was purposely left out
B) the studies findings about the Yamnaya are incorrect
C) the study should have mentioned Iran despite it not actually being historically relevant to the Yamnaya people
D) something else entirely?
Iran is mentioned in the paper several times. If you look at their data though, samples are heavily concentrated in black sea countries. Syria, Iraq, and Iran don't have many samples and those they do have cluster along the Caucasus cline on the PCA.
Are you suggesting: A) the Yamnaya lived in present-day Iran and that this information was purposely left out B) the studies findings about the Yamnaya are incorrect C) the study should have mentioned Iran despite it not actually being historically relevant to the Yamnaya people D) something else entirely?