Genetic Structure of the Armenian Population

2016/12/01 by Levon Yepiskoposyan, Anahit Hovhannisyan, Zaruhi Khachatryan · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Forensic and Genetic Research #Race, Genetics, and Society #Armenian #Middle East #Indigenous #Prehistory #Population #Geography #Ancient history #Ethnology #History #Archaeology #Demography #Biology #Ecology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1007/s00005-016-0431-9

openalex publication_date 2016/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Located at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East, the Armenian Highland served as a transition corridor for major waves of prehistoric and historic migrations. The genetic history of Armenians as an indigenous population of the region attracts keen scientific interest to resolve the puzzle of ancient Middle Eastern populations' expansion and the spread of Indo-European languages. Here, we review the current state of studies on the genetic structure of both modern and ancient inhabitants of the Armenian Highland and outline further steps to be fulfilled in this regard.

Citations

• Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia
• Genetic evidence for an origin of the Armenians from Bronze Age mixing of multiple populations
• Neolithic patrilineal signals indicate that the Armenian plateau was repopulated by agriculturalists
• The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people
• The Caucasus as an Asymmetric Semipermeable Barrier to Ancient Human Migrations

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• Hemshin people [wikipedia]

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