Communications Biology (Aug 2023)
Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
- Tiina M. Mattila,
- Emma M. Svensson,
- Anna Juras,
- Torsten Günther,
- Natalija Kashuba,
- Terhi Ala-Hulkko,
- Maciej Chyleński,
- James McKenna,
- Łukasz Pospieszny,
- Mihai Constantinescu,
- Mihai Rotea,
- Nona Palincaș,
- Stanisław Wilk,
- Lech Czerniak,
- Janusz Kruk,
- Jerzy Łapo,
- Przemysław Makarowicz,
- Inna Potekhina,
- Andrei Soficaru,
- Marzena Szmyt,
- Krzysztof Szostek,
- Anders Götherström,
- Jan Storå,
- Mihai G. Netea,
- Alexey G. Nikitin,
- Per Persson,
- Helena Malmström,
- Mattias Jakobsson
Affiliations
- Tiina M. Mattila
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Emma M. Svensson
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Anna Juras
- Institute of Human Biology & Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Torsten Günther
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Natalija Kashuba
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Terhi Ala-Hulkko
- Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu
- Maciej Chyleński
- Institute of Human Biology & Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- James McKenna
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Łukasz Pospieszny
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
- Mihai Constantinescu
- “Francisc I. Rainer” Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy
- Mihai Rotea
- National History Museum of Transylvania
- Nona Palincaș
- Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology
- Stanisław Wilk
- Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University
- Lech Czerniak
- Institute of Archaeology, University of Gdańsk
- Janusz Kruk
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology
- Jerzy Łapo
- Museum of Folk Culture
- Przemysław Makarowicz
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Inna Potekhina
- Department of Bioarchaeology, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Andrei Soficaru
- “Francisc I. Rainer” Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy
- Marzena Szmyt
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Krzysztof Szostek
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
- Anders Götherström
- Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History
- Jan Storå
- Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University
- Mihai G. Netea
- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center
- Alexey G. Nikitin
- Grand Valley State University, Department of Biology
- Per Persson
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Helena Malmström
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Mattias Jakobsson
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05131-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Abstract The genomic landscape of Stone Age Europe was shaped by multiple migratory waves and population replacements, but different regions do not all show similar patterns. To refine our understanding of the population dynamics before and after the dawn of the Neolithic, we generated and analyzed genomic sequence data from human remains of 56 individuals from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Eneolithic across Central and Eastern Europe. We found that Mesolithic European populations formed a geographically widespread isolation-by-distance zone ranging from Central Europe to Siberia, which was already established 10,000 years ago. We found contrasting patterns of population continuity during the Neolithic transition: people around the lower Dnipro Valley region, Ukraine, showed continuity over 4000 years, from the Mesolithic to the end of the Neolithic, in contrast to almost all other parts of Europe where population turnover drove this cultural change, including vast areas of Central Europe and around the Danube River.
