Mephisto K10

Mephisto K10 is an ancient-era admixture calculator that models an individual’s autosomal DNA as a blend of ten carefully chosen prehistoric reference populations. Built for researchers, genetic genealogy enthusiasts, archaeologists, and curious members of the public worldwide, Mephisto K10 translates modern genomes into interpretable proportions of ancestries that shaped Eurasia and the Mediterranean during the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. The ten references — Levant_N, Anatolia_N, Hungar_EN, LBK, Iran_N, Spain_EN, Sintashta, Armenia_CH, Steppes, and Pre_CH_Armenia — represent major farmer, pastoralist and pre-farming lineages whose migrations and interactions underpin much of modern Eurasian diversity. What it analyzes: Mephisto K10 estimates how much genetic material a tested individual likely inherited from each ancient source, distinguishing Anatolian and Iberian Neolithic farmer signals, Levantine and Iranian ancestries, early Central European farmers (LBK, Hungar_EN), Caucasus/Armenian Chalcolithic signatures, Bronze Age steppe contributions (Sintashta, broad Steppes), and earlier pre-Chalcolithic Armenian components. Users gain proportional breakdowns, helping identify whether their ancestry is dominated by early Near Eastern farmers, steppe pastoralists, Caucasus-related lineages, or mixed European Neolithic roots. Why it’s valuable: By anchoring results to explicit ancient populations, Mephisto K10 provides historical context for genetic signals—linking migrations, admixture events and cultural transitions to measurable DNA fractions. It is especially useful for comparative studies, regional ancestry inference, and exploring deep-time origins beyond recent genealogical timescales. Caveats: results are model-based approximations dependent on reference coverage and temporal resolution; they should be interpreted as broad signals of ancient ancestry, not precise genealogical claims. Mephisto K10 offers a transparent, educational window into the p