Journal article
Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland.
- Furtwängler A Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- Rohrlach AB Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
- Lamnidis TC Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
- Papac L Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
- Neumann GU Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- Siebke I Department of Physical Anthropology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Reiter E Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- Steuri N Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Hald J Archaeological Office of the District of Constance, Konstanz, Germany.
- Denaire A Department of history of arts and Archaeology, University of Burgundy, Burgundy, France.
- Schnitzler B Museum of Archaeology Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
- Wahl J Institute for Archaeological Science, Palaeoanthropology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- Ramstein M Archaeological Service of the canton of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Schuenemann VJ Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- Stockhammer PW Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
- Hafner A Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Lösch S Department of Physical Anthropology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Haak W Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
- Schiffels S Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
- Krause J Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. krause@shh.mpg.de.
- 2020-04-22
Published in:
- Nature communications. - 2020
Archaeology
DNA, Ancient
DNA, Mitochondrial
Europe
European Continental Ancestry Group
Evolution, Molecular
France
Genetics, Population
Genome, Human
Germany
History, Ancient
Humans
Switzerland
English
Genetic studies of Neolithic and Bronze Age skeletons from Europe have provided evidence for strong population genetic changes at the beginning and the end of the Neolithic period. To further understand the implications of these in Southern Central Europe, we analyze 96 ancient genomes from Switzerland, Southern Germany, and the Alsace region in France, covering the Middle/Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. Similar to previously described genetic changes in other parts of Europe from the early 3rd millennium BCE, we detect an arrival of ancestry related to Late Neolithic pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Switzerland as early as 2860-2460 calBCE. Our analyses suggest that this genetic turnover was a complex process lasting almost 1000 years and involved highly genetically structured populations in this region.
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- DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-15560-x
- PMID 32313080
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/284453
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