Series: Beyond the Binary — The Basal Eurasian Refugium
Part 2: The Basal Eurasian Refugium
TL;DR:
Southern Arabia is the world’s primary genomic refugium for "Basal Eurasians"—a ghost lineage that never interbred with Neanderthals. While Northern groups integrated with Bronze Age Levantines, the Southern highlands preserved a Neolithic profile that remains the most ancient non-African signature on Earth.
