Eurogenes K10 Steppe

Eurogenes K10 Steppe is an autosomal admixture calculator designed to decompose European genomes into ten ancestral components drawn from both modern and ancient reference populations. Using a ModernAncient approach, it separates broad genetic influences — including Near Eastern farmers, Steppe pastoralists, Western hunter-gatherers, and several Eurasian and extra‑Eurasian groups — to give a compact, interpretable picture of ancestral mixtures that shaped contemporary Europe. Who this is for: the calculator is designed for genetic genealogy enthusiasts, population genetics students, and researchers seeking a clear, comparative snapshot of European ancestry. It’s particularly useful for anyone curious about how large prehistoric migrations (like Neolithic farming expansions and the Bronze Age Steppe dispersals) and later contacts contributed to present-day European diversity. What it analyzes and the insights you can gain: the model reports proportional ancestry across ten reference clusters — Near Eastern, East Asian, Siberian, Oceanian, WHG-UHG (Western and Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers), Sub‑Saharan, Hindu Kush, Steppe, Amerindian, and Southeast Asian. From these proportions you can infer major deep sources of ancestry (e.g., WHG vs. Near Eastern farmer vs. Steppe) and detect minor signals such as East Eurasian or African admixture in specific populations or individuals. The Steppe component highlights the genetic legacy of Eurasian pastoralist migrations that spread Indo-European languages and contributed substantially to Bronze Age European genomes. Historical and genetic context: Eurogenes K10 Steppe contextualizes results within well-documented events — Mesolithic hunter-gatherer persistence, Neolithic agricultural spread from the Near East, and large-scale Bronze Age population movements from the Pontic‑Caspian Steppe — while acknowledging more recent gene flow from surrounding regions. It also includes geographically distant references (Amerindian, O