Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Genome-wide analysis of a collective grave from Mentesh Tepe provides insight into the population structure of early neolithic population in the South Caucasus

  • Perle Guarino-Vignon,
  • Maël Lefeuvre,
  • Amélie Chimènes,
  • Aurore Monnereau,
  • Farhad Guliyev,
  • Laure Pecqueur,
  • Elsa Jovenet,
  • Bertille Lyonnet,
  • Céline Bon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04681-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Genomic analysis of three Neolithic individuals from Mentesh Tepe in Azerbaijan belonging to the beginnings of the Shomu-Shulaveri culture provides insight into the origin and population structure of the Shomu-Shulaveri community.