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Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, Vol.113(25), pp.6886-6891
21 Jun 2016
PMCID: PMC4922144
PMID: 27274049
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Abstract
Farming and sedentism first appeared in southwestern Asia during the early Holocene and later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. Conspicuous uncertainties remain about the relative roles of migration, cultural diffusion, and admixture with local foragers in the early Neolithization of Europe. Here we present paleogenomic data for five Neolithic individuals from northern Greece and northwestern Turkey spanning the time and region of the earliest spread of farming into Europe. We use a novel approach to recalibrate raw reads and call genotypes from ancient DNA and observe striking genetic similarity both among Aegean early farmers and with those from across Europe. Our study demonstrates a direct genetic link between Mediterranean and Central European early farmers and those of Greece and Anatolia, extending the European Neolithic migratory chain all the way back to southwestern Asia.
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- Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans
- Creators
- Zuzana Hofmanová - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzSusanne Kreutzer - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGarrett Hellenthal - University College LondonChristian Sell - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzYoan Diekmann - University College LondonDavid Díez-Del-Molino - University College LondonLucy van Dorp - University College LondonSaioa López - University College LondonAthanasios Kousathanas - University of FribourgVivian Link - University of FribourgKarola Kirsanow - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzLara M Cassidy - Trinity College DublinRui Martiniano - Trinity College DublinMelanie Strobel - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzAmelie Scheu - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzKostas Kotsakis - Aristotle University of ThessalonikiPaul Halstead - University of SheffieldSevi Triantaphyllou - Aristotle University of ThessalonikiNina Kyparissi-Apostolika - Hellenic Ministry of Culture and SportsDushka Urem-Kotsou - Democritus University of ThraceChristina Ziota - Hellenic Ministry of Culture and SportsFotini Adaktylou - Hellenic Ministry of Culture and SportsShyamalika Gopalan - Stony Brook UniversityDean M Bobo - Stony Brook UniversityLaura Winkelbach - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzJens Blöcher - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMartina Unterländer - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzChristoph Leuenberger - University of FribourgÇiler Çilingiroğlu - Ege UniversityBarbara Horejs - Institute for Oriental and European ArchaeologyFokke Gerritsen - Netherlands Institute in TurkeyStephen J Shennan - qInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom;Daniel G Bradley - Trinity College DublinMathias Currat - University of GenevaKrishna R Veeramah - Stony Brook UniversityDaniel Wegmann - University of FribourgMark G Thomas - University College LondonChristina Papageorgopoulou - Democritus University of ThraceJoachim Burger - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, Vol.113(25), pp.6886-6891
- Publisher
- PNAS
- Grant note
- Y 528 / Austrian Science Fund FWF
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Identifiers
- 991020100075804721
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