Ancient DNA indicates 3,000 years of genetic continuity in the Northern Iranian Plateau, from the Copper Age to the Sassanid Empire
Motahareh Ala Amjadi, Yusuf Can Özdemir, M. Bakhtiyari Ramezani, Kristóf Jakab, Melinda Megyes, Arezoo Bibak, Zeinab Salehi, Zahra Hayatmehar, Mohammad Hossein Taheri, Hossein Moradi, Peyman Zargari, Ata Hasanpour, Vali Jahani, Abdol Motalleb Sharifi, Balázs Egyed, , Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy
This study uses ancient DNA data to show genetic continuity in the Northern Iranian Plateau from the Copper Age to the Sassanid Empire, with some western genetic influence.
Scientific Reports · May 13, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics