Nature Communications (Mar 2017)
Ancestry and demography and descendants of Iron Age nomads of the Eurasian Steppe
- Martina Unterländer,
- Friso Palstra,
- Iosif Lazaridis,
- Aleksandr Pilipenko,
- Zuzana Hofmanová,
- Melanie Groß,
- Christian Sell,
- Jens Blöcher,
- Karola Kirsanow,
- Nadin Rohland,
- Benjamin Rieger,
- Elke Kaiser,
- Wolfram Schier,
- Dimitri Pozdniakov,
- Aleksandr Khokhlov,
- Myriam Georges,
- Sandra Wilde,
- Adam Powell,
- Evelyne Heyer,
- Mathias Currat,
- David Reich,
- Zainolla Samashev,
- Hermann Parzinger,
- Vyacheslav I. Molodin,
- Joachim Burger
Affiliations
- Martina Unterländer
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Friso Palstra
- CNRS UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
- Iosif Lazaridis
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Aleksandr Pilipenko
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science
- Zuzana Hofmanová
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Melanie Groß
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Christian Sell
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Jens Blöcher
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Karola Kirsanow
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Nadin Rohland
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Benjamin Rieger
- Molecular Genetics and Genome Analysis Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Elke Kaiser
- Department of History and Cultural Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- Wolfram Schier
- Department of History and Cultural Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- Dimitri Pozdniakov
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science
- Aleksandr Khokhlov
- Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education
- Myriam Georges
- CNRS UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
- Sandra Wilde
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Adam Powell
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Evelyne Heyer
- CNRS UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
- Mathias Currat
- Dépt. de Génétique & Evolution, Unité d’anthropologie, Université de Genève
- David Reich
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Zainolla Samashev
- Branch of Margulan Institute of Archaeology
- Hermann Parzinger
- Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
- Vyacheslav I. Molodin
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science
- Joachim Burger
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14615
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The Scythian culture was widespread throughout the Eurasian Steppe during the 1stmillennium BCE. This study provides genetic evidence for two independent origins for the Scythians in the eastern and western steppe with varying proportions of Yamnaya and East Asian ancestry, and gene flow among them.
