7 Iranian Neolithic farmer raw DNA samples 23andme format

Iranian Neolithic farmers were among the earliest pioneers of agriculture and sedentary life in the ancient Near East. Emerging around 8000 BCE, particularly in the Zagros Mountains and surrounding areas, they cultivated wheat, barley, and lentils, and domesticated goats and sheep. These communities marked a significant transition from foraging to farming, setting the stage for later complex societies in the Iranian plateau and beyond.

The early Iranian farmers developed distinct pottery traditions, architectural styles (such as mudbrick dwellings), and burial practices that set them apart from their contemporaries in Anatolia and the Levant. Sites like Chogha Golan and Ganj Dareh reveal early experiments in plant cultivation and animal husbandry, making them crucial nodes in the broader Neolithic revolution.

Their ancestry represents a blend of Dzudzuana hunter gatherer and ancient north eurasian ancestry, with additional basal eurasian signals.