Ancient Near East & North Africa
Historical Timeline
Analyzing your genetic similarity to ancient Near Eastern reference samples...
Preparing your genetic-similarity report
The Near East has been a crossroads of early farming, cities, empires, and long-distance exchange.
7Periods scored
600Dated matches
15,033Years spanned by your matches
Bronze AgeStrongest similarity (38/100)
Periods and individuals through time
Bands show the periods scored in this report, with your similarity score for each. Portraits mark matched ancient individuals at their estimated date; the crown marks your closest match. Select a portrait to see details. The tables below carry the same information as text.
Your matches in chronological order
Period similarity scores
Fit-weighted affinity to each period's reference populations on a 0 to 100 scale. Values are similarity scores and do not add up to your ancestry.
| Period | Dates | Similarity | About this period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epipaleolithic | 20,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE | 2/100 | Late hunter-gatherer communities. |
| Neolithic | 10,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE | 9/100 | Early farming communities of the Fertile Crescent. |
| Chalcolithic | 6,000 BCE to 3,300 BCE | 0/100 | Copper Age societies. |
| Bronze Age | 3,300 BCE to 1,200 BCE | 38/100 | Bronze Age civilizations. |
| Iron Age | 1,200 BCE to 330 BCE | 29/100 | Iron Age kingdoms and empires. |
| Classical | 330 BCE to 650 CE | 0/100 | Hellenistic, Roman, and late antique societies. |
| Islamic | 650 CE to 1,500 CE | 7/100 | Medieval Islamic-period communities. |