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The genetic prehistory of the Baltic Sea region
Valery KhartanovichDavid ReichDavid ReichDavid ReichMichal FeldmanAida Andrades ValtueñaFredrik HallgrenMarkku OinonenRaili AllmäeRimantas JankauskasGunita ZariņaChristos EconomouMantas DaubarasStephan SchiffelsChuan-chao WangChuan-chao WangHaak WolfgangWolfgang HaakVyacheslav MoiseyevElena BalanovskaAlissa MittnikAlissa MittnikMari TõrvAnja FurtwänglerSaskia PfrengleAndrejs VasksJohannes KrauseJohannes Krausesubject
0301 basic medicineBaltic StatesSteppeRange (biology)Population DynamicsDIVERSITYGeneral Physics and Astronomy615 History and ArchaeologyStone Age0302 clinical medicinelcsh:ScienceHistory AncientAncient DNA ; Baltic Sea region ; Stone AgeTransients and MigrantsGENOMES SUGGESTMultidisciplinarygeography.geographical_feature_categoryFossilsCHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP-NQ1184 Genetics developmental biology physiologyAgriculturehumanitiesADMIXTUREpopulation characteristicsgeographic locationsGene FlowEUROPESciencePastoralismScandinavian and Nordic CountriesEURASIASEQUENCEGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyWhite PeoplePrehistory03 medical and health sciencesANCIENT DNAHumans14. Life underwaterAuthor CorrectionMesolithicgeographyGenome HumanGeneral ChemistryBefore PresentArchaeologyHUNTER-GATHERERS030104 developmental biologyAncient DNAlcsh:QEARLY FARMERS030217 neurology & neurosurgerydescription
Correction: Nature communications 9 (2018), art. no. 1494 doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03872-y While the series of events that shaped the transition between foraging societies and food producers are well described for Central and Southern Europe, genetic evidence from Northern Europe surrounding the Baltic Sea is still sparse. Here, we report genome-wide DNA data from 38 ancient North Europeans ranging from similar to 9500 to 2200 years before present. Our analysis provides genetic evidence that hunter-gatherers settled Scandinavia via two routes. We reveal that the first Scandinavian farmers derive their ancestry from Anatolia 1000 years earlier than previously demonstrated. The range of Mesolithic Western hunter-gatherers extended to the east of the Baltic Sea, where these populations persisted without gene-flow from Central European farmers during the Early and Middle Neolithic. The arrival of steppe pastoralists in the Late Neolithic introduced a major shift in economy and mediated the spread of a new ancestry associated with the Corded Ware Complex in Northern Europe. Peer reviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2018-01-30 | Nature Communications |