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Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 353(6298), pp 499-503
29 Jul 2016
PMID: 27417496
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Abstract
We sequenced Early Neolithic genomes from the Zagros region of Iran (eastern Fertile Crescent), where some of the earliest evidence for farming is found, and identify a previously uncharacterized population that is neither ancestral to the first European farmers nor has contributed substantially to the ancestry of modern Europeans. These people are estimated to have separated from Early Neolithic farmers in Anatolia some 46,000 to 77,000 years ago and show affinities to modern-day Pakistani and Afghan populations, but particularly to Iranian Zoroastrians. We conclude that multiple, genetically differentiated hunter-gatherer populations adopted farming in southwestern Asia, that components of pre-Neolithic population structure were preserved as farming spread into neighboring regions, and that the Zagros region was the cradle of eastward expansion.
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- Title
- Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent
- Creators
- Farnaz Broushaki - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMark G. Thomas - University College LondonVivian Link - University of FribourgSaioa Lopez - University College LondonLucy van Dorp - University College LondonKarola Kirsanow - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzZuzana Hofmanova - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzYoan Diekmann - University College LondonLara M. Cassidy - Trinity College DublinDavid Diez-del-Molino - Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryAthanasios Kousathanas - University of FribourgChristian Sell - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzHarry K. Robson - BioArch, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UKRui Martiniano - Trinity College DublinJens Bloecher - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzAmelie Scheu - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzSusanne Kreutzer - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzRuth Bollongino - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzDean Bobo - Stony Brook UniversityHossein Davoudi - Tarbiat Modares UniversityOlivia Munoz - Archéologies et Sciences de l’AntiquitéMathias Currat - University of GenevaKamyar Abdi - Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, University of California-lrvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3370, USA.Fereidoun Biglari - Paleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran, 113617111, Tehran, Iran.Oliver E. Craig - BioArch, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UKDaniel G. Bradley - Trinity College DublinStephen Shennan - UCL Institute of ArchaeologyKrishna R. Veeramah - Stony Brook UniversityMarjan Mashkour - Archéozoologie et ArchéobotaniqueDaniel Wegmann - University of FribourgGarrett Hellenthal - University College LondonJoachim Burger - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 353(6298), pp 499-503
- Publisher
- Amer Assoc Advancement Science
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- 098386/Z/12/Z / Sir Henry Dale Fellowship - Royal Society Wellcome Trust ANR-14-CE03-0008-01-CNRS / ANR Kharman; French National Research Agency (ANR) Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 31003A_156853; 31003A_149920 / Swiss NSF; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 289966 / Marie Curie Initial Training Network (BEAN-Bridging the European and Anatolian Neolithic, GA) Institut Francais de Recherche en Iran CNRS National Museum of Natural History-Sorbonne University EP/F500351/1 / CoMPLEX via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 098386/Z/12/Z / Sir Henry Dale Fellowship - Wellcome Trust; Wellcome Trust BO 4119/1 / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); German Research Foundation (DFG) 7209 / UMR BB/L009382/1 / BBSRC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 295729 / EU CodeX Project 098386/Z/12/Z / Wellcome Trust; European Commission National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre; General Electric GOIPG/2013/1219 / Irish Research Council; Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology BB/L009382/1 / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 226506-CP-CSA-INFRA / European Union (EU) SYNTHESYS-Synthesis of Systematic Resources, GA INST 247/602-1 FUGG / DFG; German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000380583600044
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84978900741
- Other Identifier
- 991020099299904721
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