Parallel ancient genomic transects reveal complex population history of early European farmers
Year: 2017
Type: preprint
Abstract: Ancient DNA studies have established that European Neolithic populations were descended from Anatolian migrants who received a limited amount of admixture from resident hunter-gatherers.Many open questions remain, however, about the spatial and temporal dynamics of population interactions and admixture during the Neolithic period.Using the highest-resolution genomewide ancient DNA data set assembled to date-a total of 177 samples, 127 newly reported here, from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of Hungary (6000-2900 BCE, n = 98), Germany (5500-3000 BCE, n = 42), and Spain (5500-2200 BCE, n = 37)-we investigate the population dynamics of Neolithization across Europe.We find that genetic diversity was shaped predominantly by local processes, with varied sources and proportions of hunter-gatherer ancestry among the three regions and through time.Admixture between groups with different ancestry profiles was pervasive and resulted in observable population transformation across almost all cultural transitions.Our results shed new light on the ways that gene flow reshaped European populations through-.
Source: MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)
Authors: Lipson, M., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mallick, S., Pósa, A., Stégmár, B., Keerl, V., Rohland, N., Stewardson, K., Ferry, M., Michel, M., Oppenheimer, J., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Harney, E., Nordenfelt, S., Llamas, B., Mende, B., Köhler, K., Oross, K., Bondár, M., Marton, T., Osztás, A., Jakucs, J., Paluch, T., Horváth, F., Csengeri, P., Koós, J., Sebok, K., Anders, A., Raczky, P., Regenye, J., Barna, J., Fábián, S., Serlegi, G., Toldi, Z., Nagy, E., Dani, J., Molnár, E., Pálfi, G., Márk, L., Melegh, B., Bánfai, Z., Fernández-Eraso, J., Mujika-Alustiza, J., Fernández, C., Echevarría, J., Bollongino, R., Orschiedt, J., Schierhold, K., Meller, H., Cooper, A., Burger, J., Bánffy, E., Alt, K., Lalueza-Fox, C., Haak, W., Reich, D.
Institutions: Harvard University, ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of Archaeology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Broad Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Adelaide, Móra Ferenc Múzeum, Ottó Herman Museum, Eötvös Loránd University, Neurophotonics Laboratory, Laboratoire de Psychologie du Développement et de L’Education de l’enfant, Laboratoire d’Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale, Chimie du Solide et Energie, Centre Neurosciences intégratives et Cognition, Hungarian National Museum, Jósa András Múzeum, Deri Muzeum, University of Szeged, University of Pecs, University of the Basque Country, Curt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry, Freie Universität Berlin, Danube Private University, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Römisch-Germanische Kommission, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Basel, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3101768842