Tracing the genetic origin of Europe’s first farmers reveals insights into their social organization

Autor: György Pálfi, Victoria Keerl, Viktória Kiss, Mario Šlaus, Nives Pećina-Šlaus, Gábor A. Tóth, Katalin Sebők, Kurt W. Alt, János Jakucs, Marc Fecher, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Bernd Kromer, Eszter Bánffy, Mario Novak, Vanda Voicsek, Brigitta Ősz, András Czene, Krisztina Somogyi, Krisztián Oross, Erika Molnár, Tibor Paluch, Anett Osztás, Tibor Marton, Kitti Köhler, Sabine Möller-Rieker, Guido Brandt, Wolfgang Haak, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Mitochondrial DNA
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Molecular Sequence Data
Pannonian basin
Population
Biology
Social Environment
DNA
Mitochondrial
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Stone Age
Humans
Social Behavior
education
Social organization
Research Articles
Mesolithic
General Environmental Science
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education.field_of_study
Genetic diversity
Chromosomes
Human
Y
Farmers
Middle East
General Immunology and Microbiology
Horizon (archaeology)
ancient DNA
mitochondrial DNA
Y chromosomal DNA
Neolithization
Carpathian Basin
Central Europe
business.industry
Genetic Variation
Agriculture
Sequence Analysis
DNA
General Medicine
Emigration and Immigration
humanities
Europe
Ancient DNA
Geography
Archaeology
Ethnology
Female
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
Diversity (politics)
Popis: Farming was established in Central Europe by the Linearbandkeramik culture (LBK), a well-investigated archaeological horizon, which emerged in the Carpathian Basin, in today's Hungary. However, the genetic background of the LBK genesis has not been revealed yet. Here we present 9 Y chromosomal and 84 mitochondrial DNA profiles from Mesolithic, Neolithic Starčevo and LBK sites (7th/6th millennium BC) from the Carpathian Basin and south-eastern Europe. We detect genetic continuity of both maternal and paternal elements during the initial spread of agriculture, and confirm the substantial genetic impact of early farming south-eastern European and Carpathian Basin cultures on Central European populations of the 6th-4th millennium BC. Our comprehensive Y chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA population genetic analyses demonstrate a clear affinity of the early farmers to the modern Near East and Caucasus, tracing the expansion from that region through south-eastern Europe and the Carpathian Basin into Central Europe. Our results also reveal contrasting patterns for male and female genetic diversity in the European Neolithic, suggesting patrilineal descent system and patrilocal residential rules among the early farmers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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