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Ancient DNA from Eurpean Early Neolithic Farmers

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D J Thornton
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Ancient DNA from Eurpean Early Neolithic Farmers

Postby D J Thornton » Sun Aug 23, 2015 6:31 am

Ancient DNA from European Early Neolithic Farmers Reveals Their Near Eastern Affinities

Abstract
In Europe, the Neolithic transition (8,000–4,000 b.c.) from hunting and gathering to agricultural communities was one of the most important demographic events since the initial peopling of Europe by anatomically modern humans in the Upper Paleolithic (40,000 b.c.). However, the nature and speed of this transition is a matter of continuing scientific debate in archaeology, anthropology, and human population genetics. To date, inferences about the genetic make up of past populations have mostly been drawn from studies of modern-day Eurasian populations, but increasingly ancient DNA studies offer a direct view of the genetic past. We genetically characterized a population of the earliest farming culture in Central Europe, the Linear Pottery Culture (LBK; 5,500–4,900 calibrated b.c.) and used comprehensive phylogeographic and population genetic analyses to locate its origins within the broader Eurasian region, and to trace potential dispersal routes into Europe

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976717/

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