Vittrup Man-The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark.

Autor: Fischer A; Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.; Sealand Archaeology, Kalundborg, Denmark.; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Sjögren KG; Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden., Jensen TZT; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Jørkov ML; Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark., Lysdahl P; Vendsyssel Historical Museum, Hjørring, Denmark., Vimala T; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Refoyo-Martínez A; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Scorrano G; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Price TD; Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.; Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America., Gröcke DR; Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, England, United Kingdom., Gotfredsen AB; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Sørensen L; Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark., Alexandersen V; Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark., Wåhlin S; Vendsyssel Historical Museum, Hjørring, Denmark., Stenderup J; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Bennike O; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark., Ingason A; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark.; Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Services, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark., Iversen R; The Saxo Institute-Section of Archaeology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen S, Denmark., Sikora M; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Racimo F; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark., Willerslev E; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark.; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Allentoft ME; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark.; Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Laboratory, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia., Kristiansen K; Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Feb 14; Vol. 19 (2), pp. e0297032. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297032
Abstrakt: The lethally maltreated body of Vittrup Man was deposited in a Danish bog, probably as part of a ritualised sacrifice. It happened between c. 3300 and 3100 cal years BC, i.e., during the period of the local farming-based Funnel Beaker Culture. In terms of skull morphological features, he differs from the majority of the contemporaneous farmers found in Denmark, and associates with hunter-gatherers, who inhabited Scandinavia during the previous millennia. His skeletal remains were selected for transdisciplinary analysis to reveal his life-history in terms of a population historical perspective. We report the combined results of an integrated set of genetic, isotopic, physical anthropological and archaeological analytical approaches. Strontium signature suggests a foreign birthplace that could be in Norway or Sweden. In addition, enamel oxygen isotope values indicate that as a child he lived in a colder climate, i.e., to the north of the regions inhabited by farmers. Genomic data in fact demonstrates that he is closely related to Mesolithic humans known from Norway and Sweden. Moreover, dietary stable isotope analyses on enamel and bone collagen demonstrate a fisher-hunter way of life in his childhood and a diet typical of farmers later on. Such a variable life-history is also reflected by proteomic analysis of hardened organic deposits on his teeth, indicating the consumption of forager food (seal, whale and marine fish) as well as farmer food (sheep/goat). From a dietary isotopic transect of one of his teeth it is shown that his transfer between societies of foragers and farmers took place near to the end of his teenage years.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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