>>4351406No, R1 was formed in Siberia, associated with the Ancient North Eurasians of Mal'ta-Buret', a markedly east eurasian population. They contributed to the genes of the Yamnaya, heavily paternally biased, and that's why it ended up there. The Yamnayans themselves could hardly be called European, since the inhabitants of Europe proper were all of EEF and therefore ANF descent.