The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus from the Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages: 5,000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobilityAncient DNA from the Southern Caucasus reveals remarkable genetic continuity, with some mixing from Anatolia/Iran and the Eurasian Steppe, and shows that even periods of urbanization and increased mobility—including the spread of cranial deformation in the Middle Ages—had minimal impact on the region’s core gene pool.Ancient DNA from the Southern Caucasus reveals remarkable genetic continuity, with some mixing from Anatolia/Iran and the Eurasian Steppe, and shows that even periods of urbanization and increased mobility—including the spread of cranial deformation in the Middle Ages—had minimal impact on the region’s core gene pool.Eirini Skourtanioti, Xiaowen Jia, Nino Tavartkiladze, Liana Bitadze, Ramaz Shengelia, Nikoloz Tushabramishvili, Vladimer Aslanishvili, Boris Gasparyan, Andrew W. Kandel, David Naumann, Gunnar U. Neumann, Raffaela Angelina Bianco, Angela Mötsch, Kay Prüfer, Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Luca Traverso, Ayshin Ghalichi, Sturla Ellingvåg, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Johannes Krause, Harald Ringbauerhttps://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00802-5?rss=yeshttp://www.cell.com/cell/inpress.rssCellCell RSS feed.Wireless News CampaignAugust 8, 2025

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