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Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2015 Nov 23;528(7583):499–503. doi: 10.1038/nature16152

Extended Data Table 2.

Key f-statistics used to support claims about population history.

A B C D f4(A, B, C, D) Z Number of SNPs Interpretation
Anatolia_Neolithic LBK_EN WHG Chimp −0.00114 −6.8 1003751wl Early European Farmers had more WHG ancestry than Anatolian Neolithic
Anatolia_Neolithic Hungary_EN WHG Chimp −0.00212 −11.9 929553
Anatolia_Neolithic lberia_EN WHG Chimp −0.00244 −9.6 904437

lberia_EN lberia_Chalcolithic WHG Chimp −0.00311 −10.5 802471 Iberian Chalcolithic had more WHG ancestry than Iberian Early Neolithic

lberia_MN lberia_Chalcolithic WHG Chimp 0.00010 0.3 779905 Iberian Chalcolithic did not have more WHG ancestry than Iberian Middle Neolithic

EHG Samara_Eneolithic MA1 Chimp 0.00140 2.3 463388 First dilution of Ancient North Eurasian ancestry (prior to the Bronze Age Yamnaya culture)
EHG Yamnaya_Samara MA1 Chimp 0.00513 10.6 645211
Samara_Eneolithic Yamnaya_Samara MA1 Chimp 0.00366 7.6 482492

EHG Yamnaya_Samara Armenian Chimp −0.00191 −6.1 547370 Contribution of Near Eastern ancestry to the Bronze Age Yamnaya culture
EHG Yamnaya_Kalmykia Armenian Chimp −0.00180 −5.4 536989
Samara_Eneolithic Yamnaya_Samara Armenian Chimp −0.00100 −3.3 405599
EHG Poltavka Armenian Chimp −0.00175 −4.9 541983

Yamnaya_Samara Yamnaya_Kalmykia MA1 Chimp −0.00010 −0.3 675630 Stability of Ancient North Eurasian ancestry between Early Bronze Age Yamnaya from Kalmykia and Samara, and the Middle Bronze Age Poltavka
Yamnaya_Samara Poltavka MA1 Chimp −0.00014 −0.4 673726
Yamnaya_Kalmykia Poltavka MA1 Chimp 0.00012 0.3 659346

Yamnaya_Samara Srubnaya MA1 Chimp 0.00151 5.1 691149 Second dilution of Ancient North Eurasian ancestry (prior to the Late Bronze Age Srubnaya culture)
Yamnaya_Kalmykia Srubnaya MA1 Chimp 0.00161 4.8 676735
Poltavka Srubnaya MA1 Chimp 0.00164 4.5 674756

Yamnaya_Samara Srubnaya LBK_EN Chimp −0.00225 −11.4 974659 Arrival of Early European Farmer-related ancestry prior to the Late Bronze Age Srubnaya culture. Statistics with Anatolia_Neolithic instead of LBK_EN are similar (Z<−8, not shown).
Yamnaya_Kalmykia Srubnaya LBK_EN Chimp −0.00264 −11.4 951827
Poltavka Srubnaya LBK_EN Chimp −0.00210 −9.0 948968

EHG Yamnaya_Samara Armenian LBK_EN −0.00080 −5.0 559478 Different source of dilution of Ancient North Eurasian ancestry prior to the Yamnaya (Near Eastern) vs. prior to the Srubnaya (Early European Farmer-related)
EHG Yamnaya_Kalmykia Armenian LBK_EN −0.00086 −5.2 548882
EHG Poltavka Armenian LBK_EN −0.00069 −4.1 553996
Yamnaya_Samara Srubnaya Armenian LBK_EN 0.00138 13.1 585240
Yamnaya_Kalmykia Srubnaya Armenian LBK_EN 0.00142 11.3 574333
Poltavka Srubnaya Armenian LBK_EN 0.00134 10.7 577082
Ref1 Ref2 Test f3(Test; Ref 1, Ref 2) Z Number of SNPs Interpretation
WHG Anatolia_Neolithic Hungary_EN −0.00412 −6.7 548445 Early European farmers were formed by admixture between Anatolia Neolithic and WHG (the non-significant signal in the lberian_EN may be due to genetic drift specific to this population)
WHG Anatolia_Neolithic LBK_EN −0.00257 −4.6 654357
WHG Anatolia_Neolithic lberia_EN 0.00179 1.4 389101

EHG Armenian Poltavka −0.00539 −3.9 213055 Early and Middle Bronze Age steppe pastoralists were formed by admixture between EHG and a population of Near Eastern ancestry
EHG Armenian Yamnaya_Kalmykia −0.00537 −4.2 213996
EHG Armenian Yamnaya_Samara −0.00586 −6.2 276568

LBK_EN Yamnaya_Samara Srubnaya −0.00630 −11.2 584111 Srubnaya was formed by admixture between populations related to Yamnaya and Early European Farmers