The term Iranian hunter-gatherers is used to refer to a population genomics lineage representing the Mesolithic to early Neolithic population of the Iranian plateau, South Asia, South-Central Asia and the Caucasus. [1 ]
It is believed to have evolved in the Caucasus or Iran. [2 ] [3 ] The clade spread from there during the Neolithic, primarily into North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Socotra Archipelago, Europe, Anatolia, Central Asia, South Asia, and…