Genomic History of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus
2020; Cell Press; Volume: 181; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.044
ISSN1097-4172
AutoresEirini Skourtanioti, Yılmaz Selim Erdal, Marcella Frangipane, Francesca Balossi Restelli, K. Aslıhan Yener, Frances Pinnock, Paolo Matthiae, Rana Özbal, Ulf-Dietrich Schoop, Farhad Guliyev, Tufan I. Akhundov, Bertille Lyonnet, Emily Hammer, Selin E. Nugent, Marta Burri, Gunnar U. Neumann, Sandra Penske, Tara Ingman, Murat Akar, Rula Shafiq, Giulio Palumbi, Stefanie Eisenmann, Marta D’Andrea, Adam B. Rohrlach, Christina Warinner, Choongwon Jeong, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause,
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ResumoSummary Here, we report genome-wide data analyses from 110 ancient Near Eastern individuals spanning the Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age, a period characterized by intense interregional interactions for the Near East. We find that 6 th millennium BCE populations of North/Central Anatolia and the Southern Caucasus shared mixed ancestry on a genetic cline that formed during the Neolithic between Western Anatolia and regions in today's Southern Caucasus/Zagros. During the Late Chalcolithic and/or the Early Bronze Age, more than half of the Northern Levantine gene pool was replaced, while in the rest of Anatolia and the Southern Caucasus, we document genetic continuity with only transient gene flow. Additionally, we reveal a genetically distinct individual within the Late Bronze Age Northern Levant. Overall, our study uncovers multiple scales of population dynamics through time, from extensive admixture during the Neolithic period to long-distance mobility within the globalized societies of the Late Bronze Age. Video Abstract
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