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Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans
Joanna L. MountainMichael F. HammerRuslan RuizbakievCesare De FilippoKumarasamy ThangarajDavid E. C. ColeHaim Ben-amiLeila LaredjMark LipsonJüri ParikValentino RomanoAndres Ruiz-linaresFouad BerradaDominique DelsateUgur HodoglugilAntti SajantilaOlga UtevskaShahlo TurdikulovaTor HervigLudmila P. OsipovaHovhannes SahakyanHovhannes SahakyanRobert W. MahleyRamiro BarrantesKirsten I. BosStanislav DryomovPeter H. SudmantNadin RohlandNadin RohlandHeng LiHeng LiGabriel RenaudMikhail VoevodaClaudio M. BraviJean-michel GuinetRem I. SukernikJoachim WahlMatthias MeyerChristos EconomouKay PrüferGraciela BaillietMait MetspaluMikhail ChurnosovIosif LazaridisIosif LazaridisJohannes KrauseJohannes KrauseBonnie BergerBonnie BergerLevon YepiskoposyanFrancesca BrisighelliFrancesco CalìIrene Gallego RomeroOleg BalanovskyGeorge AyodoAlan CooperAlissa MittnikJulio MolinaGeorge Van DriemJean-michel DugoujonLarissa DambaFedor PlatonovNick PattersonDavid ReichDavid ReichDavid ReichThomas B. NyamboDavid ComasOlga L. PosukhBéla MeleghDraga TonchevaAlena KushniarevichBrenna M. HennMontgomery SlatkinRené VasquezElena B. StarikovskayaJoachim BurgerAyele TarekegnTatijana ZemunikEne MetspaluSena Karachanak-yankovaLalji SinghHaak WolfgangSusanna SawyerRick A. KittlesCheryl A. WinklerSvante PääboFrancisco RothhammerFrancisco RothhammerMarina GubinaPierre ZallouaPierre ZallouaAashish R. JhaSwapan MallickSwapan MallickSergi CastellanoQiaomei FuDesislava NeshevaSergey LitvinovIngrida UktveryteMichael FranckenCosimo PosthTheologos LoukidisTheologos LoukidisCristian CapelliJanet KelsoSarah A. TishkoffToomas KivisildMark G. ThomasElin FornanderMercedes VillenaFredrik HallgrenVaidutis KučinskasDaniel CorachGeorge B.j. BusbyJudit BeneWilliam KlitzHamza A. BabikerHamza A. BabikerKarola KirsanowRuth BollonginoRita KhusainovaEvan E. EichlerSardana A. FedorovaKlemetti NäkkäläjärviIgor RudanSusanne NordenfeltSusanne NordenfeltJoshua G. SchraiberJoshua G. SchraiberElena BalanovskaAntonio SalasRichard VillemsRichard VillemsRichard VillemsGabriel BedoyaElza Khusnutdinovasubject
HistoryNeanderthalBiologíaPopulation DynamicsPresent dayGenoma humàGenome//purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https]Basal (phylogenetics)Settore BIO/13 - Biologia ApplicataHistory AncientGeneticsPrincipal Component Analysiseducation.field_of_study0303 health sciencesGenomeMultidisciplinaryAncient DNA030305 genetics & heredityfood and beveragesAgricultureGenomics3. Good healthEuropeWorkforceCIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTASHumanArchaeogeneticsAsiaLineage (genetic)EUROPEOtras Ciencias BiológicasEuropean Continental Ancestry GroupPopulationSettore BIO/08 - ANTROPOLOGIAevolution; EuropeansGenomicsBiologyArticleWhite PeopleAncientGenètica de poblacions humanesHuman originsCiencias Biológicas03 medical and health sciencesHUMAN ORIGINSbiology.animalHumansANCIENT DNA//purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https]educationQuantitative Biology - Populations and EvolutionDenisovan030304 developmental biologyGenetic diversityancient DNA modern DNA Europeans prehistoryGenome HumanPopulations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)biology.organism_classificationAncient DNAEvolutionary biologyFOS: Biological sciencesUpper PaleolithicHuman genomeGENOMICSdescription
We sequenced the genomes of a ∼7,000-year-old farmer from Germany and eight ∼8,000-year-old hunter-gatherers from Luxembourg and Sweden. We analysed these and other ancient genomes1,2,3,4 with 2,345 contemporary humans to show that most present-day Europeans derive from at least three highly differentiated populations: west European hunter-gatherers, who contributed ancestry to all Europeans but not to Near Easterners; ancient north Eurasians related to Upper Palaeolithic Siberians3, who contributed to both Europeans and Near Easterners; and early European farmers, who were mainly of Near Eastern origin but also harboured west European hunter-gatherer related ancestry. We model these populations’ deep relationships and show that early European farmers had ∼44% ancestry from a ‘basal Eurasian’ population that split before the diversification of other non-African lineages.
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| 2014-09-01 |