2022
DOI: 10.1126/science.abq0762
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Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia

Abstract: We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these and neighboring populations were formed through admixture of pre-Neolithic sources related to Anatolian, Caucasus, and Levantine hunter-gatherers, forming a Neolithic continuum of ancestry mirroring the geography of West Asia. By analyzing Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic population… Show more

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“…Considerable debate, however, still exists as to: (i) where these visitors/inhabitants originated from-Anatolia and/or the Levant being two suggested origins based on similarities of the material record, e.g., architecture, lithic technology, fauna and flora; and (ii) possible routes they might have followed to reach the island. A very recent study based on ancient DNA data obtained from three individuals found on Cyprus indicates Anatolia as the genetic source of early Pre-Pottery Neolithic inhabitants of Cyprus [19]. Capitalizing on relatively recent archaeological findings, physical modelling, palaeogeographic reconstruction, and computer simulation, this research provides novel insights into physical controls on potential seaborne mobility (a proxy for maritime connectivity) between Cyprus and other Eastern Mediterranean coastal regions at the onset of the Holocene.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Considerable debate, however, still exists as to: (i) where these visitors/inhabitants originated from-Anatolia and/or the Levant being two suggested origins based on similarities of the material record, e.g., architecture, lithic technology, fauna and flora; and (ii) possible routes they might have followed to reach the island. A very recent study based on ancient DNA data obtained from three individuals found on Cyprus indicates Anatolia as the genetic source of early Pre-Pottery Neolithic inhabitants of Cyprus [19]. Capitalizing on relatively recent archaeological findings, physical modelling, palaeogeographic reconstruction, and computer simulation, this research provides novel insights into physical controls on potential seaborne mobility (a proxy for maritime connectivity) between Cyprus and other Eastern Mediterranean coastal regions at the onset of the Holocene.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Теми цієї нашої статті найбільше стосується серпневий 2022 року випуск славнозвісного журналу «Science» (том 377, №6609), в який вміщено одразу три великих «закритих» статті з результатами вивчення генетичного матеріалу давнього населення Близького Сходу [15][16][17]. Ось їх назви: 1) Генетичне дослідження давньої та середньовічної історії Південної Європи та Західної Азії; 2) Давня ДНК із Месопотамії передбачає чіткі міграції часів докерамічного та гончарного неоліту до Анатолії; 3) Генетична історія Південної Дуги: міст між Західною Азією та Європою.…”
Section: S Ect Io N XVI I Pe Dago G Y and Ed Uc Atio Nunclassified
“…Геномні дані дають можливість по-справжньому зрозуміти ці закономірності незалежно від письмової історії. А чи може Україна з її феноменально деструктивним переходом від «розвиненого соціалізму» радянського зразка до того, що наші мудрі президенти впевнено називали «маємо те, що маємо», похвалитися хоч крихтою досягнень у напрямі історико-археологічної ноореволюції, до якої не надто успішно наблизилися автори статей [15][16][17] ?…”
Section: S Ect Io N XVI I Pe Dago G Y and Ed Uc Atio Nunclassified
“…Paleogenetic analyses of human bones excavated from the Kotias Klde Cave showed a genetic continuity with earlier Upper Palaeolithic (post-Last Glacial Maximum/LGM) sites 4 but a discontinuity with pre-LGM individuals 5 . Their genetic ancestry shares, to a certain extent, a common origin with ancient Iranian populations 6 and differs from that of Anatolian and Levant hunter-gatherer groups 1 , 7 , demonstrating a high genetic differentiation at this time between geographically close populations 8 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%