Journal article
2000 Years of Parallel Societies in Stone Age Central Europe
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 342(6157), pp 479-481
25 Oct 2013
PMID: 24114781
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Abstract
Debate on the ancestry of Europeans centers on the interplay between Mesolithic foragers and Neolithic farmers. Foragers are generally believed to have disappeared shortly after the arrival of agriculture. To investigate the relation between foragers and farmers, we examined Mesolithic and Neolithic samples from the Blatterhohle site. Mesolithic mitochondrial DNA sequences were typical of European foragers, whereas the Neolithic sample included additional lineages that are associated with early farmers. However, isotope analyses separate the Neolithic sample into two groups: one with an agriculturalist diet and one with a forager and freshwater fish diet, the latter carrying mitochondrial DNA sequences typical of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. This indicates that the descendants of Mesolithic people maintained a foraging lifestyle in Central Europe for more than 2000 years after the arrival of farming societies.
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- Title
- 2000 Years of Parallel Societies in Stone Age Central Europe
- Creators
- Ruth Bollongino - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzOlaf Nehlich - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyMichael P. Richards - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyJoerg Orschiedt - Humboldt University of BerlinMark G. Thomas - University College LondonChristian Sell - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzZuzana Fajkosova - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzAdam Powell - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzJoachim Burger - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 342(6157), pp 479-481
- Publisher
- Amer Assoc Advancement Science
- Number of pages
- 3
- Grant note
- Max Planck Society; Foundation CELLEX Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 289966 / BEAN project of the Marie Curie Initial Training Networks Theme DFG: Or 98/6-1; NE1666/1-1 / German Research Foundation; German Research Foundation (DFG) University of Mainz 226506 / European Union; European Commission
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000326042600043
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84886293996
- Other Identifier
- 991020099920304721
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