https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127404
individuals from the Levant_ChL population had a greater affinity on average to Iranian agriculturalist-related populations than was the case for earlier Levantine individuals >We highlight three findings of interest. First, an allele (G) at rs12913832 near the OCA2 gene, with a proven association to blue eye color in individuals of European descent40, has an estimated alternative allele frequency of 49% in the Levant_ChL population, suggesting that the blue-eyed phenotype was common in the Levant_ChL >Second, an allele at rs1426654 in the SLC24A5 gene which is one of the most important determinants of light pigmentation in West Eurasians41 is fixed for the derived allele (A) in the Levant_ChL population suggesting that a light skinned phenotype may have been common in this populationhttps://www.livescience.com/63396-ancient-israel-immigration-turkey-iran.html >Blue-Eyed Immigrants Transformed Ancient Israel 6,500 Years Ago
http://time.com/4538142/human-rights-first-award-yazidi-girls-iraq/
http://sciencenordic.com/genetics-confirm-migrants-brought-farming-mediterranean >Migrants from the Near East were moving into Central and Northern Europe
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187408 >Consequently, despite corresponding to isolated and homogenous populations, contemporary Assyrians and Yazidis from Northern Iraq may in fact have a stronger continuity with the original genetic stock of the Mesopotamian people
https://www.livescience.com/49147-egyptian-cemetery-million-mummies.html >Blond and redheaded mummies
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/02/18/267443
Genetic affinities with Iberian Neolithic individuals indicate that British Neolithic people were mostly descended from Aegean farmers who followed the Mediterranean route of dispersal