Date:  October 12th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Lake yapping field
Confirmed accurate, Birdshits cry:
 
 
You’ve summarized a version of the “Ancient North Eurasian (ANE)” ancestry theory that’s popular in population genetics discussions, though there are some nuances worth clarifying.
 
 
Here’s a concise, accurate overview based on current research:
 
 
🧬 What “ANE” actually refers to
 
 
ANE (Ancient North Eurasians) were a population identified from remains like the Mal’ta boy (MA-1) and Afontova Gora 3 found near Lake Baikal, Siberia (~24,000–17,000 years ago).
 
 
They contributed ancestry to both Europeans and many Asian and Native American groups.
 
 
🌍 Where ANE ancestry went
 
 
Europeans: Modern Europeans have ~10–20% ANE ancestry, mainly via the Yamnaya steppe herders who expanded west ~5,000 years ago.
 
 
South Asians: Modern Indians carry 20–30% ANE-like ancestry, introduced through the Indo-Aryan steppe migrations, plus they already had Indus Valley Civilization ancestry, which itself had a small ANE component.
 
 
Native Americans: Have ~40% ANE ancestry from the original Siberian ancestors who migrated into the Americas.
 
 
🧩 Genetic relationships
 
 
ANE is not “brown-skinned” or “white” in any modern sense. They were likely intermediate in pigmentation — darker than later northern Europeans but lighter than tropical populations.
 
 
Haplogroup R (and its descendants like R1a and R1b) likely originated in ANE-related populations around Central Asia/Siberia.
 
 
So, yes — Indians do have more direct ANE-related ancestry than most Europeans, because of later admixture patterns.
 
 
⚠️ Key takeaway
 
 
ANE ancestry ≠ “race” — it’s one ancient population among many that blended into modern ones.
 
South Asians and Europeans both descend partly from them, but through different admixture events thousands of years apart.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785688&forum_id=2Vannesa#49343807)