In 2015 a paper was published which tried to model the major admixture events of the last 3,000 years in West Eurasians. Table S5 provides a list of all the computed events and guesses of their magnitude/timing: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2815%2900949-5#app3 … I want to talk specifically about the Greeks
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The Greek cluster is modeled as 65/35 mix of two populations most like today's Cypriot Greeks/Lithuanians and the estimated date of the mixture is 630 AD, which would conform with the arrival of Slavic tribes onto the mainland.
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Here, non-Slavic Lithuanians serve as a better representation of Proto-Slavs than say, Poles because of their greater isolation (Balts are the most European Europeans) These numbers explain a bit: for example, why Greeks are less Middle Eastern than South Italians.
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Pretty much, also tons of steppe too. Saami hold the record for least EEF I think, but they cheat by also being 30% Asian
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