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The genomic history of the Aegean palatial civilizations
Lucas AnchieriLucas AnchieriVitor C. SousaMetaxia TsipopoulouBárbara Sousa Da MotaBárbara Sousa Da MotaEleni KalligaAdamantios SampsonJ. Víctor Moreno-mayarSamuel NeuenschwanderSamuel NeuenschwanderKostas KotsakisDimitra TheodorouAngelos SoulelesDiamantis PanagiotopoulosElissavet GaniatsouFrancisco Coroado-santosIoannis AkamatisSevasti TriantaphyllouOlga PhilaniotouChristina ZiotaCarlos Eduardo G. AmorimCarlos Eduardo G. AmorimChristina PapageorgopoulouPaul HalsteadYami Ommar Arizmendi CárdenasYami Ommar Arizmendi CárdenasJeffrey D. JensenFlorian ClementeFlorian ClementeDushka Urem-kotsouOlga DolgovaDiana I. Cruz DávalosDiana I. Cruz DávalosMartina UnterländerMartina UnterländerJens BlöcherOlivier DelaneauOlivier DelaneauJoachim BurgerIoannis KontopoulosLaura WinkelbachFrédéric MichaudFrédéric MichaudAnna-sapfo MalaspinasAnna-sapfo MalaspinasGeorgia Karamitrou-mentessidiOscar Laosubject
Bronze AgePopulation turnoverHuman MigrationAnatolia; Bronze Age; Cycladic civilization; Greece; Helladic civilization; Minoan civilization; Mycenean civilization; ancient DNA; paleogenomics; population geneticsSINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMPopulation geneticsMinoan civilizationCivilizationBiologyAncient historyHIRISPLEX SYSTEMArticleGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineBronze AgeSKIN COLOR PREDICTIONHumansAnatoliaPHYLOGENETIC ANALYSISBRONZE-AGEPOPULATION-STRUCTUREDNA AncientINDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGESancient DNALACTASE-PERSISTENCE PHENOTYPEHistory AncientMinoan civilization030304 developmental biologySEQUENCE ALIGNMENTpopulation geneticCycladic civilization0303 health sciencesGreeceGenome Humanpopulation geneticsHelladic civilizationGenòmicapaleogenomicsAncient DNAHomogeneousGenome MitochondrialGreece AncientCivilitzacions palacials de l'EgeuMycenean civilizationLACTOSE DIGESTION030217 neurology & neurosurgeryGenèticadescription
Summary The Cycladic, the Minoan, and the Helladic (Mycenaean) cultures define the Bronze Age (BA) of Greece. Urbanism, complex social structures, craft and agricultural specialization, and the earliest forms of writing characterize this iconic period. We sequenced six Early to Middle BA whole genomes, along with 11 mitochondrial genomes, sampled from the three BA cultures of the Aegean Sea. The Early BA (EBA) genomes are homogeneous and derive most of their ancestry from Neolithic Aegeans, contrary to earlier hypotheses that the Neolithic-EBA cultural transition was due to massive population turnover. EBA Aegeans were shaped by relatively small-scale migration from East of the Aegean, as evidenced by the Caucasus-related ancestry also detected in Anatolians. In contrast, Middle BA (MBA) individuals of northern Greece differ from EBA populations in showing ∼50% Pontic-Caspian Steppe-related ancestry, dated at ca. 2,600-2,000 BCE. Such gene flow events during the MBA contributed toward shaping present-day Greek genomes.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2021-05-01 |