The genomic history of southeastern Europe

Mathieson, Iain and Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül and Posth, Cosimo and Szécsényi-Nagy, Anna and Rohland, Nadin and Mallick, Swapan and Olalde, Iñigo and Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen and Candilio, Francesca and Cheronet, Olivia and Fernandes, Daniel and Ferry, Matthew and Gamarra, Beatriz and Fortes, Gloria González and Haak, Wolfgang and Harney, Eadaoin and Jones, Eppie and Keating, Denise and Krause-Kyora, Ben and Kucukkalipci, Isil and Michel, Megan and Mittnik, Alissa and Nägele, Kathrin and Novak, Mario and Oppenheimer, Jonas and Patterson, Nick and Pfrengle, Saskia and Sirak, Kendra and Stewardson, Kristin and Vai, Stefania and Alexandrov, Stefan and Alt, Kurt W. and Andreescu, Radian and Antonovia, Dragana and Ash, Abigail and Atanassova, Nadezhda and Bacvarov, Krum and Gusztáv, Mende Balázs and Bocherens, Hervé and Bolus, Michael and BoroneanÅ£, Adina and Boyadzhiev, Yavor and Budnik, Alicja and Burmaz, Josip and Chohadzhiev, Stefan and Conard, Nicholas J. and Cottiaux, Richard and ÄŒuka, Maja and Cupillard, Christophe and Drucker, Dorothée G. and Elenski, Nedko and Francken, Michael and Galabova, Borislava and Ganetsovski, Georgi and Gély, Bernard and Hajdu, Tamás and Handzhyiska, Veneta and Harvati, Katerina and Higham, Thomas and Iliev, Stanislav and JankoviÄ‡, Ivor and KaravaniÄ‡, Ivor and Kennett, Douglas J. and Komšo, Darko and Kozak, Alexandra and Labuda, Damian and Lari, Martina and Lazar, Catalin and Leppek, Maleen and Leshtakov, Krassimir and Vetro, Domenico Lo and Los, Dženi and Lozanov, Ivaylo and Malina, Maria and Martini, Fabio and McSweeney, Kath and Meller, Harald and MenÄ‘ušiÄ‡, Marko and Mirea, Pavel and Moiseyev, Vyacheslav and Petrova, Vanya and Price, T. Douglas and Simalcsik, Angela and Sineo, Luca and Šlaus, Mario and Slavchev, Vladimir and Stanev, Petar and StaroviÄ‡, Andrej and Szeniczey, Tamás and Talamo, Sahra and Teschler-Nicola, Maria and Thevenet, Corinne and Valchev, Ivan and Valentin, Frédérique and Vasilyev, Sergey and Veljanovska, Fanica and Venelinova, Svetlana and Veselovskaya, Elizaveta and Viola, Bence and Virag, Cristian and ZaninoviÄ‡, Joško and Zäuner, Steve and Stockhammer, Philipp W. and Catalano, Giulio and Krauß, Raiko and Caramelli, David and ZariÅ†a, Gunita and Gaydarska, Bisserka and Lillie, Malcolm and Nikitin, Alexey G. and Potekhina, Inna and Papathanasiou, Anastasia and BoriÄ‡, Dušan and Bonsall, Clive and Krause, Johannes and Pinhasi, Ron and Reich, David. (2018) The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature, 555. pp. 197-203.

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Abstract

Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium bc, and was associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading throughout Europe. Here, to understand the dynamics of this process, we analysed genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe and surrounding regions between 12000 and 500 bc. We document a west-east cline of ancestry in indigenous huntergatherers and, in eastern Europe, the early stages in the formation of Bronze Age steppe ancestry. We show that the first farmers of northern and western Europe dispersed through southeastern Europe with limited hunter-gatherer admixture, but that some early groups in the southeast mixed extensively with hunter-gatherers without the sex-biased admixture that prevailed later in the north and west. We also show that southeastern Europe continued to be a nexus between east and west after the arrival of farmers, with intermittent genetic contact with steppe populations occurring up to 2,000 years earlier than the migrations from the steppe that ultimately replaced much of the population of northern Europe.

Faculties and Departments:	05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Integrative Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie (IPNA Schünemann)
UniBasel Contributors:	Alt, Kurt W.
Item Type:	Article, refereed
Article Subtype:	Research Article
Publisher:	Macmillan
ISSN:	0028-0836
e-ISSN:	1476-4687
Note:	Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Identification Number:	doi: 10.1038/nature25778
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2020 14:47
Deposited On:	05 Aug 2020 14:47

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