Allentoft and Iron Age Sweden

[Queequeg]

Queequeg, I've read your comments on Eurogenes. Note that I never claimed that the Falköping_LN group carried a "Uralic" affinity. Apart from the fact that historically I cannot imagine the possibility, I have never published any model targeting Falköping. Everything I say concerns exclusively the handful of individuals reporting to Sweden_IA (see the correction made to their list). Regarding these, if only the PCA were at stake, the conclusion would be uncertain, to say the least. Unlike others, I am never satisfied with a single reading of the first two components of a PCA. It is not by chance that I decided on qpAdm modeling. That qpAdm highlights an oriental influx for this Iron Age micro-group by taking Falköping as the main source seems to me difficult to contest, at least numerically. As for the interpretation of this numerical fact, everyone noted that I offered none.

You're right, the phrasing of mine was not a good one, shouldn't write anything before the morning coffee, apologies for the inconvenience. As I tried to explain in the later comments, something like 900 BCE onwards looks however possible but thats' of course my personal view.