Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods

Verena J. Schuenemann; Alexander Peltzer; Beatrix Welte; W. Paul van Pelt; Martyna Molak; Chuan-Chao Wang; Anja Furtwängler; Christian Urban; Ella Reiter; Kay Nieselt; Barbara Teßmann; Michael Francken; Katerina Harvati; Wolfgang Haak; Stephan Schiffels; Johannes Krause

doi:10.1038/ncomms15694

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods

Verena J. Schuenemann,
Alexander Peltzer,
Beatrix Welte,
W. Paul van Pelt,
Martyna Molak,
Chuan-Chao Wang,
Anja Furtwängler,
Christian Urban,
Ella Reiter,
Kay Nieselt,
Barbara Teßmann,
Michael Francken,
Katerina Harvati,
Wolfgang Haak,
Stephan Schiffels,
Johannes Krause

Affiliations

Verena J. Schuenemann: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Alexander Peltzer: Integrative Transcriptomics, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen
Beatrix Welte: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
W. Paul van Pelt: Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Martyna Molak: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Chuan-Chao Wang: Department for Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Anja Furtwängler: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Christian Urban: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Ella Reiter: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Kay Nieselt: Integrative Transcriptomics, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen
Barbara Teßmann: Berlin Society of Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
Michael Francken: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Katerina Harvati: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Wolfgang Haak: Department for Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Stephan Schiffels: Department for Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Johannes Krause: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15694
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Archaeological and historical records had shown ancient Egypt before and after Ptolemaic and Roman periods to be a hub of human migration and exchange. Here, Schuenemann and colleagues analyse ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA to investigate the genetic history of Egypt.

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