"In our study the ancestry of the Armenians was traced back to different parts of Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, illustrating the fact that historic Armenia was a much larger territory than that of the present Republic of Armenia. At its height, Greater Armenia reached deep into Anatolia and the Mediterranean and many historically important places for Armenians lie around the lakes Van and Urmia, close to northern Mesopotamia. University of Tartu Faculty of biology and geography Institute of molecular and cell biology Department of evolutionary biology Urmas Roostalu M Sc. Rva-Liis Loogvali Prof Dr. Richard Villems Tartu 2004 ....................... "Armenians are a separate ethnic group, which originated from Neolithic tribes of the Armenian Uplands" Litvinov S*, Kutuev I, Yunusbayev B, Khusainova R, Valiev R, Khusnutdinova E ALU INSERTION POLYMORPHISMS IN POPULATIONS OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS .................... Armenian DNA Project "The Armenians are a nation and an ethnic group originating from the Caucasus and eastern Anatolia, where a large concentration of this community has remained, especially in Armenia." --Banoei, Chaleshtori, Sanati, Shariati, Houshmand,Majidizadeh, Soltani&Golalipour (2007) Variation of DAT1 VNTR Alleles and Genotypes Among Old Ethnic Groups in Mesopotamia to the Oxus Region.
