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 hunter-gatherers 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 step...pe populations occurring up to 2,000 years earlier than the migrations from the steppe that ultimately replaced much of the population of northern Europe.
Keywords:
Farming / hunter-gatherers
Source:
Nature, 2018, 555, 7695, 197-+
Publisher:
Nature Portfolio, Berlin
Funding / projects:
Human Frontier Science Program fellowshipHuman Frontier Science Program [LT001095/2014-L]
DFGGerman Research Foundation (DFG)European Commission [AL 287 / 14-1]
Irish Research CouncilIrish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology [GOIPG/2013/36]
NSF Archaeometry program [BCS-1460369]
MEN-UEFISCDI grant, Partnerships in Priority Areas Program - PN IIConsiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice (CNCS)Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii (UEFISCDI) [PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-2302]
Croatian Science Foundation grant [IP-2016-06-1450]
European Research CouncilEuropean Research Council (ERC)European Commission [ERC CoG 724703]
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFGGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [FOR2237]
ERC starting grant ADNABIOARC [263441]
US National Science Foundation HOMINID grantNational Science Foundation (NSF) [BCS-1032255]
US National Institutes of Health grantUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [GM100233]
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteHoward Hughes Medical Institute
Allen Discovery Center grant from the Paul Allen Foundation
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCESUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) [R01GM100233] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
TY - JOUR
AU - Mathieson, Iain
AU - Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul
AU - Posth, Cosimo
AU - Szecsenyi-Nagy, Anna
AU - Rohland, Nadin
AU - Mallick, Swapan
AU - Olalde, Inigo
AU - Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen
AU - Candilio, Francesca
AU - Cheronet, Olivia
AU - Fernandes, Daniel
AU - Ferry, Matthew
AU - Gamarra, Beatriz
AU - Gonzalez Fortes, Gloria
AU - Haak, Wolfgang
AU - Harney, Eadaoin
AU - Jones, Eppie
AU - Keating, Denise
AU - Krause-Kyora, Ben
AU - Kucukkalipci, Isil
AU - Michel, Megan
AU - Mittnik, Alissa
AU - Naegele, Kathrin
AU - Novak, Mario
AU - Oppenheimer, Jonas
AU - Patterson, Nick
AU - Pfrengle, Saskia
AU - Sirak, Kendra
AU - Stewardson, Kristin
AU - Vai, Stefania
AU - Alexandrov, Stefan
AU - Alt, Kurt W.
AU - Andreescu, Radian
AU - Antonović, Dragana
AU - Ash, Abigail
AU - Atanassova, Nadezhda
AU - Bacvarov, Krum
AU - Gusztav, Mende Balazs
AU - Bocherens, Herve
AU - Bolus, Michael
AU - Boroneant, Adina
AU - Boyadzhiev, Yavor
AU - Budnik, Alicja
AU - Burmaz, Josip
AU - Chohadzhiev, Stefan
AU - Conard, Nicholas J.
AU - Cottiaux, Richard
AU - Cuka, Maja
AU - Cupillard, Christophe
AU - Drucker, Dorothee G.
AU - Elenski, Nedko
AU - Francken, Michael
AU - Galabova, Borislava
AU - Ganetsovski, Georgi
AU - Gely, Bernard
AU - Hajdu, Tamas
AU - Handzhyiska, Veneta
AU - Harvati, Katerina
AU - Higham, Thomas
AU - Iliev, Stanislav
AU - Janković, Ivor
AU - Karavanic, Ivor
AU - Kennett, Douglas J.
AU - Komso, Darko
AU - Kozak, Alexandra
AU - Labuda, Damian
AU - Lari, Martina
AU - Lazar, Catalin
AU - Leppek, Maleen
AU - Leshtakov, Krassimir
AU - Lo Vetro, Domenico
AU - Los, Dzeni
AU - Lozanov, Ivaylo
AU - Malina, Maria
AU - Martini, Fabio
AU - McSweeney, Kath
AU - Meller, Harald
AU - Mendusic, Marko
AU - Mirea, Pavel
AU - Moiseyev, Vyacheslav
AU - Petrova, Vanya
AU - Price, Douglas T.
AU - Simalcsik, Angela
AU - Sineo, Luca
AU - Slaus, Mario
AU - Slavchev, Vladimir
AU - Stanev, Petar
AU - Starovic, Andrej
AU - Szeniczey, Tamas
AU - Talamo, Sahra
AU - Teschler-Nicola, Maria
AU - Thevenet, Corinne
AU - Valchev, Ivan
AU - Valentin, Frederique
AU - Vasilyev, Sergey
AU - Veljanovska, Fanica
AU - Venelinova, Svetlana
AU - Veselovskaya, Elizaveta
AU - Viola, Bence
AU - Virag, Cristian
AU - Zaninovic, Josko
AU - Zaeuner, Steve
AU - Stockhammer, Philipp W.
AU - Catalano, Giulio
AU - Krauss, Raiko
AU - Caramelli, David
AU - Zarina, Gunita
AU - Gaydarska, Bisserka
AU - Lillie, Malcolm
AU - Nikitin, Alexey G.
AU - Potekhina, Inna
AU - Papathanasiou, Anastasia
AU - Borić, Dušan
AU - Bonsall, Clive
AU - Krause, Johannes
AU - Pinhasi, Ron
AU - Reich, David
PY - 2018
UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/280
AB - 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 hunter-gatherers 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.
PB - Nature Portfolio, Berlin
T2 - Nature
T1 - The genomic history of southeastern Europe
EP - +
IS - 7695
SP - 197
VL - 555
DO - 10.1038/nature25778
ER -
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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 hunter-gatherers 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.",
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Nature Portfolio, Berlin., 555(7695), 197-+.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778
Mathieson I, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Posth C, Szecsenyi-Nagy A, Rohland N, Mallick S, Olalde I, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Candilio F, Cheronet O, Fernandes D, Ferry M, Gamarra B, Gonzalez Fortes G, Haak W, Harney E, Jones E, Keating D, Krause-Kyora B, Kucukkalipci I, Michel M, Mittnik A, Naegele K, Novak M, Oppenheimer J, Patterson N, Pfrengle S, Sirak K, Stewardson K, Vai S, Alexandrov S, Alt KW, Andreescu R, Antonović D, Ash A, Atanassova N, Bacvarov K, Gusztav MB, Bocherens H, Bolus M, Boroneant A, Boyadzhiev Y, Budnik A, Burmaz J, Chohadzhiev S, Conard NJ, Cottiaux R, Cuka M, Cupillard C, Drucker DG, Elenski N, Francken M, Galabova B, Ganetsovski G, Gely B, Hajdu T, Handzhyiska V, Harvati K, Higham T, Iliev S, Janković I, Karavanic I, Kennett DJ, Komso D, Kozak A, Labuda D, Lari M, Lazar C, Leppek M, Leshtakov K, Lo Vetro D, Los D, Lozanov I, Malina M, Martini F, McSweeney K, Meller H, Mendusic M, Mirea P, Moiseyev V, Petrova V, Price DT, Simalcsik A, Sineo L, Slaus M, Slavchev V, Stanev P, Starovic A, Szeniczey T, Talamo S, Teschler-Nicola M, Thevenet C, Valchev I, Valentin F, Vasilyev S, Veljanovska F, Venelinova S, Veselovskaya E, Viola B, Virag C, Zaninovic J, Zaeuner S, Stockhammer PW, Catalano G, Krauss R, Caramelli D, Zarina G, Gaydarska B, Lillie M, Nikitin AG, Potekhina I, Papathanasiou A, Borić D, Bonsall C, Krause J, Pinhasi R, Reich D. The genomic history of southeastern Europe. in Nature. 2018;555(7695):197-+.
doi:10.1038/nature25778 .
