Paternal Lineage Analysis Supports an Armenian Rather Than a Central Asian Genetic Origin of the Hamshenis
Ashot Margaryan; Ashot S. Harutyunyan; Zaruhi Khachatryan; Armine Khudoyan, and Levon Yepiskoposyan · 2012
Catalogue summary
Y-chromosome evidence from 82 Hamsheni men was compared across three proposed homelands, favoring central historical Armenia and finding no support for a Central Asian origin.
Why this matters
The genetic result informs debates over Hamsheni ancestry while relating their population isolation to preservation of a distinctive Armenian dialect.
Citation
Ashot Margaryan; Ashot S. Harutyunyan; Zaruhi Khachatryan; Armine Khudoyan, and Levon Yepiskoposyan 2012. Paternal Lineage Analysis Supports an Armenian Rather Than a Central Asian Genetic Origin of the Hamshenis. Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.3378/027.084.0404
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