Ancient DNA from Chalcolithic Israel reveals the role of population mixture in cultural transformation

Éadaoin Harney; Hila May; Dina Shalem; Nadin Rohland; Swapan Mallick; Iosif Lazaridis; Rachel Sarig; Kristin Stewardson; Susanne Nordenfelt; Nick Patterson; Israel Hershkovitz; David Reich

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05649-9

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Ancient DNA from Chalcolithic Israel reveals the role of population mixture in cultural transformation

Éadaoin Harney,
Hila May,
Dina Shalem,
Nadin Rohland,
Swapan Mallick,
Iosif Lazaridis,
Rachel Sarig,
Kristin Stewardson,
Susanne Nordenfelt,
Nick Patterson,
Israel Hershkovitz,
David Reich

Affiliations

Éadaoin Harney: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Hila May: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Dina Shalem: The Institute for Galilean Archaeology, Kinneret Academic College
Nadin Rohland: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Swapan Mallick: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Iosif Lazaridis: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Rachel Sarig: Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute, Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Steinhardt Natural History Museum, Tel Aviv University
Kristin Stewardson: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Susanne Nordenfelt: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Nick Patterson: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Israel Hershkovitz: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
David Reich: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05649-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The Late Chalcolithic material culture in the southern Levant has unique attributes that suggest spread of people or culture. Here, the authors use genome-wide ancient DNA data from 22 individuals from a Chalcolithic site and show evidence of complex population movements and turnovers.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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