X @Nick Szabo

Historical Genetics and Linguistics - The document addresses a misleading suggestion regarding the ancestry of historical Scandinavians and Finns, clarifying they are not primarily descended from 10,000–11,000 BCE hunter-gatherers [1] - The analysis emphasizes that Scandinavians are closely related to other historical Europeans in both genetics and language, particularly other northern Europeans [1] - The report highlights the shared central Eurasian pastoral origin of Indo-European languages (including Latin, Greek, and Germanic) and Finno-Ugric languages (including Finnish) [1] - The study indicates that the genetic contribution of the 10,000–11,000 BCE hunter-gatherers to modern Europeans is minimal due to migrations of Anatolian farmers and Indo-European pastoralists [1] Research Context - The document references DNA and related studies conducted over the last several decades, acknowledging that further research is needed to fill in the details [1]