Nature Communications (Dec 2021)
Social stratification without genetic differentiation at the site of Kulubnarti in Christian Period Nubia
- Kendra A. Sirak,
- Daniel M. Fernandes,
- Mark Lipson,
- Swapan Mallick,
- Matthew Mah,
- Iñigo Olalde,
- Harald Ringbauer,
- Nadin Rohland,
- Carla S. Hadden,
- Éadaoin Harney,
- Nicole Adamski,
- Rebecca Bernardos,
- Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht,
- Kimberly Callan,
- Matthew Ferry,
- Ann Marie Lawson,
- Megan Michel,
- Jonas Oppenheimer,
- Kristin Stewardson,
- Fatma Zalzala,
- Nick Patterson,
- Ron Pinhasi,
- Jessica C. Thompson,
- Dennis Van Gerven,
- David Reich
Affiliations
- Kendra A. Sirak
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Daniel M. Fernandes
- Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, University College Dublin
- Mark Lipson
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Swapan Mallick
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Matthew Mah
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Iñigo Olalde
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Harald Ringbauer
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Nadin Rohland
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Carla S. Hadden
- Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia
- Éadaoin Harney
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Nicole Adamski
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Rebecca Bernardos
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Kimberly Callan
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Matthew Ferry
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Ann Marie Lawson
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Megan Michel
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Jonas Oppenheimer
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Kristin Stewardson
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Fatma Zalzala
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Nick Patterson
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
- Ron Pinhasi
- Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, University College Dublin
- Jessica C. Thompson
- Department of Anthropology, Emory University
- Dennis Van Gerven
- Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder
- David Reich
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27356-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Little is known about the genetic landscape of people living in the Nile region prior to the Islamic migrations of the late 1st millennium CE. Here, the authors report genome-wide data for 66 ancient individuals to investigate the genetic ancestry of a Christian Period group from Kulubnarti.
