Aceramic village life and the eastern branch of early Near Eastern ancestry.
📍 RegionIran
🧬 Closest modern matchMakrani
⏳ Time periodNeolithic
Tepe Abdul Hosein: early farming in the Zagros highlands
Tepe Abdul Hosein belonged to the early Neolithic communities of the central Zagros in western Iran. Its highland setting, mudbrick buildings and animal remains connect it with a regional world in which settled life and livestock management were developing together. Ancient genomes from the site help define the distinctive ancestry of the eastern Fertile Crescent, a major component in the later population history of the Iranian plateau.
Life in a mountain valley
Located in the Zagros highlands southeast of Ganj Dareh, Tepe Abdul Hosein occupied a higher-altitude setting at approximately 1830 meters. Its early occupation was broadly contemporary with the first herding communities around 8000 BC. Excavation revealed lower deposits with substantial ash accumulation and later mudbrick architecture. These remains belong to the formation of village life in a mountain landscape where seasonal conditions strongly influenced the organization of food, shelter and movement.
Goat remains from Tepe Abdul Hosein and Ganj Dareh show that livestock management was already established before the animals displayed the full morphological changes associated with domestication. Genetic and archaeological evidence together reveal breeding practices and connections with later domestic goats. The two sites therefore document a regional tradition of animal husbandry rather than an isolated experiment. Their inhabitants were shaping new food economies within a landscape that had supported hunting and gathering for many generations.
Ancient DNA from the eastern Fertile Crescent identifies a population markedly different from the early farmers who moved from Anatolia into Europe. Tepe Abdul Hosein contributes directly to this evidence. Its ancestry belongs to the early Zagros background that later entered more complex mixtures across Iran and neighboring regions. This makes the reference valuable alongside Ganj Dareh when exploring the eastern side of Neolithic population structure. Comparison with later Iranian Copper Age groups then reveals how that early background became combined with additional western Near Eastern ancestry as connections widened. The sequence links a local highland community with much larger demographic changes across Southwest Asia.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein is Makrani. Other nearby references include Balochi Pakistan, Balochi Iran, Brahui, and Pashtun Mashwani. This gives the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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What does Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein ancestry look like?
The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein average. It should be read as a model of deep ancestry components, while the closest-match table is the better guide to which modern populations are most similar in G25 space.
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Where is Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein DNA closest on the map?
The heatmap gives the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
What populations are genetically closest to Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein?
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Makrani. Other nearby references include Balochi Pakistan, Balochi Iran, Brahui, and Pashtun Mashwani.
Is Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein DNA closest to Makrani?
In the current modern G25 reference set, Makrani is the closest listed match to the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein average after removing Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein itself from the table.
What does the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein heatmap show?
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Iran N Tepe Abdul Hosein G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
