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Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent

Published:2016-07-29 Issue:6298 Volume:353 Page:499-503
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Broushaki Farnaz¹,Thomas Mark G.²,Link Vivian³⁴,López Saioa²,van Dorp Lucy²,Kirsanow Karola¹,Hofmanová Zuzana¹,Diekmann Yoan²,Cassidy Lara M.⁵,Díez-del-Molino David²⁶,Kousathanas Athanasios³⁴⁷,Sell Christian¹,Robson Harry K.⁸,Martiniano Rui⁵,Blöcher Jens¹,Scheu Amelie¹⁵,Kreutzer Susanne¹,Bollongino Ruth¹,Bobo Dean⁹,Davoudi Hossein¹⁰,Munoz Olivia¹¹,Currat Mathias¹²,Abdi Kamyar¹³,Biglari Fereidoun¹⁴,Craig Oliver E.⁸,Bradley Daniel G.⁵,Shennan Stephen¹⁵,Veeramah Krishna R.⁹,Mashkour Marjan¹⁶,Wegmann Daniel³⁴,Hellenthal Garrett²,Burger Joachim¹

Affiliation:

1. Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.

2. Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

3. Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.

4. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

5. Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.

6. Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden.

7. Unit of Human Evolutionary Genetics, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.

8. BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK.

9. Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA.

10. Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

11. UMR 7041 ArScAn-VEPMO, Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, 21 allée de l’Université, 92023 Nanterre, France.

12. Department of Genetics and Evolution–Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.

13. Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, University of California–lrvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3370, USA.

14. Paleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran, 113617111, Tehran, Iran.

15. Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, UK.

16. CNRS/MNHN/SUs–UMR 7209, Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.

Abstract

Near Eastern genomes from Iran The genetic composition of populations in Europe changed during the Neolithic transition from hunting and gathering to farming. To better understand the origin of modern populations, Broushaki et al. sequenced ancient DNA from four individuals from the Zagros region of present-day Iran, representing the early Neolithic Fertile Crescent. These individuals unexpectedly were not ancestral to early European farmers, and their genetic structures did not contribute significantly to those of present-day Europeans. These data indicate that a parallel Neolithic transition probably resulted from structured farming populations across southwest Asia. Science , this issue p. 499

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Swiss NSF

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Wellcome Trust

Royal Society

National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre

Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship

DFG

INST

Irish Research Council