Stone Age

Çatalhöyük & Anatolian Neolithic

Early Anatolian farmers, including the famous proto-city of Çatalhöyük, who carried the ancestry that spread farming across Europe.

Period: Neolithic (c. 7,100–5,700 BCE)
Region: central Anatolia
Samples: 107
Groups: 5

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Kvali places every sample below on an interactive map using G25 coordinates. Open a sample to see where it plots against modern and ancient populations, run a genetic-distance search, or play a guided Ancestry Story. You can also compare your own DNA against these populations after uploading your raw data.

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Archaeological groups included

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Notable Çatalhöyük & Anatolian Neolithic samples

Showing 60 of 107 individuals.

Related populations

Linear Pottery Culture (LBK)Early Neolithic (c. 5,500–4,500 BCE)Samara EneolithicEneolithic (c. 5,200–4,000 BCE)Iron Gates MesolithicMesolithic (c. 9,500–6,000 BCE)StarčevoEarly Neolithic (c. 6,200–5,200 BCE)