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A woman buried in Turkey in the Copper Age era

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TurkeyTurkey C

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Record

Sample details

Recorded details and available lineage markers.

Individual

Ancient Anatolian individual, Turkey

Sample ID: I1584

Date Range

3946 BCE - 3660 BCE

Cultural Period

Turkey C

Biological Sex

Female

mtDNA Haplogroup

K1a17

Y-DNA Haplogroup

Not available

Social Role

Farmer (AI estimate, era-typical)

Geography

Location

Where this individual was discovered

Country Turkey

Locality Northwest Anatolia. Marmara. Barcın

Coordinates 40.3000, 29.5600

Chronology

Date range

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

Ancient Anatolian individual, Turkey 3946 BCE - 3660 BCE

Context

Historical context

Background information associated with the reference record.

Region & Environment

This Copper Age phase is centered on Anatolia (Turkey), spanning river valleys, plains, and upland margins. Seasonal water availability and arable zones shaped where communities could establish long-term settlements, while routes through valleys supported interaction among distant groups.

Historical Context

During the later Neolithic and early Chalcolithic/Copper Age, communities experimented with and increasingly utilized copper-bearing technologies. Over time, these developments occurred alongside continued dependence on agriculture and herding, as well as gradual expansion of craft specialization.

Populations & Lifeways

Populations were predominantly sedentary, living in settled communities that organized labor around farming and animal husbandry. Daily life included producing foodstuffs, making and maintaining pottery and other domestic goods, and engaging in household and community-level craft work.

Copper-related activities appear as part of broader technological change rather than replacing older economic foundations; communities integrated new materials and methods into existing lifeways.

Analysis

Genetic comparisons

These comparisons show genetic similarity, not identity or origin. The populations listed are those whose genomes show statistical alignment to this ancient individual.

Similarity reflects shared history, not shared identity. These are analytical comparisons, not claims about who this person was.

Modern Genetic Admixture

This analysis compares the DNA profile with present-day reference populations, showing statistical similarity to modern reference populations from different regions. The excavation site records where this individual was found, not a fixed modern genetic identity.

Asia 69.3%

Northern West Asian 49.0%

Mesopotamian 43.6%

Anatolian 2.9%

Cypriot 2.5%

Arab, Egyptian & Levantine 20.3%

Levantine 20.3%

Europe 29.6%

Southern European 29.6%

Italian 17.5%

Sardinian 7.3%

Iberian 4.8%

Africa 1.0%

North African 1.0%

Closest Modern Populations

These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A woman buried in Turkey in the Copper Age era, ranked by genetic distance. Lower distance values indicate closer statistical similarity. Cross-region similarity can reflect shared ancestry, population movement, continuity, or later admixture.

Greek Central Anatolia

2.0152

Greek Dodecanese Rhodes

2.7777

Greek Dodecanese

2.9821

Cypriot

3.0019

Greek Kos

3.2055

Syrian Jew

3.4620

Armenian Gesaria

3.4710

Greek Crete Heraklion

3.6348

Greek Crete

3.7690

Romaniote Jew

3.9258

Context

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