Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Anatolia was home to some of the earliest farming communities. It has been long debated whether a migration of farming groups introduced agriculture to central Anatolia. Here, we report the first genome-wide data from a 15,000-year-old Anatolian hunter-gatherer and from seven Anatolian and Levantine early farmers. We find high genetic continuity (~80-90%) between the hunter-gatherers and early farmers of Anatolia and detect two distinct incoming ancestries: an early Iranian/Caucasus related one and a later one linked to the ancient Levant. Finally, we observe a genetic link between southern Europe and the Near East predating 15,000 years ago. Our results suggest a limited role of human migration in the emergence of agriculture in central Anatolia.
Source: Nature Communications
Authors: Michal Feldman, Eva Fernández-Domínguez, Luke Reynolds, Douglas Baird, Jessica Pearson, Israel Hershkovitz, Hila May, Nigel Goring-Morris, Marion Benz, Julia Gresky, Raffaela A. Bianco, Andrew Fairbairn, Gökhan Mustafaoğlu, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Cosimo Posth, Wolfgang Haak, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause
Institutions: Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Durham University, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Liverpool, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Freie Universität Berlin, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale, The University of Queensland, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $5,200
Funders: Wenner-Gren Foundation, National Geographic Society, University of Oxford, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Israel Science Foundation, Liverpool John Moores University, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Max-Planck-Institut für Menschheitsgeschichte, Australian Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W2890500652