Ancient Europeans Matched Continental Gaps

Using Hudson’s Fst on the AADR v66 ancient‑DNA panel and restricting to ancient European groups with N≥25, the author shows some temporal cohorts reach genetic distances from modern Europeans that sit within the range normally seen between present‑day continental superpopulations. The claim is empirical (Fst comparisons across 105 ancient groups) and framed to test whether ancient populations are 'earlier Europeans' or qualitatively different. — If true, the finding reframes how historians, journalists, and policymakers talk about population continuity, historical identity, and the limits of applying modern racial categories to past peoples — with potential for both academic nuance and political misuse.