Feldman, Michal, Fernandez-Dominguez, Eva, Reynolds, Luke, Baird, Douglas ORCID: 0000-0001-8651-5272, Pearson, Jessica ORCID: 0000-0001-6503-1041, Hershkovitz, Israel, May, Hila, Goring-Morris, Nigel, Benz, Marion, Gresky, Julia et al (show 8 more authors)
(2019)
Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia.
Nature Communications, 10 (1).
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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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bone and Bones, Humans, Genome, Human, Archaeology, Agriculture, History, Ancient, Adult, Iran, Europe, Female, Male, Radiometric Dating, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Human Migration, Farmers, DNA, Ancient |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2019 08:03 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 00:53 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-09209-7 |
Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09209-7 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3039001 |