On Physical Anthropological Aspects of the Mesolithic‐Neolithic Transition in the Iberian Peninsula

Jackes, Mary; Lubell, David; Meiklejohn, Christopher

doi:10.1086/204670

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“…It brings us close to the recently reactivated debate on the ancestry of the European gene pool (e.g. Richards et al, 1996;Jackes et al, 1997;Chikhi et al, 1998) …”

Section: The Global Network Of Mtdna Lineagessupporting

confidence: 57%

The Trans-Caucasus and the Expansion of the Caucasoid-Specific Human Mitochondrial DNA

et al. 1999

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The topology of the network of western Eurasian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineage clusters in the context of their expansion and spread in this geographic area is analysed. Special attention is devoted to the inner nods of the reconstructed median network tree, ancestral to mtDNA lineage clusters H and V, to the Caucasus and TransCaucasus area populations and to the problem of timing of the expansion of the Caucasoid-specific mtDNA lineage clusters in western Europe versus in the Trans-Caucasus. It appears on several examples that typical for Western Europe mtDNA lineage clusters exhibit significantly earlier expansion in the Trans-Caucasus area. Furthermore, the lineage cluster, radiating from the pre-HV node, is significantly more frequent and divergent in the Trans-Caucasus populations than it is in Europe. Meanwhile, a comparison of the Central Asian and the Trans-Caucasus area populations shows that the former have a significant share of eastern Asian-specific mtDNA lineages, which are almost absent in the latter. Finally, a picture starts to emerge, revealing an ancient IndianTrans-Caucasian-European continuum of a significant proportion of human maternal lineage clusters, dating back to the period between the Upper and Lower Pleniglacials.

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“…It brings us close to the recently reactivated debate on the ancestry of the European gene pool (e.g. Richards et al, 1996;Jackes et al, 1997;Chikhi et al, 1998) …”

Section: The Global Network Of Mtdna Lineagessupporting

confidence: 57%

The Trans-Caucasus and the Expansion of the Caucasoid-Specific Human Mitochondrial DNA

et al. 1999

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“…However, the acceptance of this premise of the model does not necessarily confirm the colonisation of inhabited areas (probably not really uninhabited after all, see Berger and Guilaine 2009) by Neolithic immigrants nor exclude the adoption of domesticated species by the Mesolithic populations, either done readily or gradually (e.g. Dean, Valente and Carvalho 2012;Jackes, Lubell and Meiklejohn 1997;Jorge 2000). Indeed, the latest genetical evidence seems to argue in favour of an integration of a small group of people in the Neolithic with previously existing populations of a Palaeolithic/Mesolithic origin (Santos et al 2014against Chandler, Sykes and Zilhão 2005and Lalueza Fox 1996.…”

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Macrobotanical remains and shell-midden formation processes, are they related? The case of Poças de São Bento (Portugal)

López-Dóriga¹,

Diniz

Arias

2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The analysis of plant macroremains from Poças de São Bento, a shell-midden in the Sado Valley (Portugal), has provided interesting insights into the shell-midden formation processes and the presence of resources which are often Binvisible^in this kind of sites. Preservation and representation issues are discussed in a bidirectional way. Potential complementary explanations for the presence of such plant remains in hunter-gatherer open-air sites are offered. The understanding of plant exploitation patterns by these last huntergatherers in Portugal is crucial for the comprehension of the multifaceted phenomena of Neolithisations, in this case, characterised by a long availability phase and ultimate adoption of domesticates.

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“…The archaeological, and more directly, the historical records have told us about the relationships among Mediterranean people since ancient times, but the degree of correspondence between population history and genetics is still an interesting matter of study for anthropologist s (Cavalli-Sforza, Menozzi andPiazza 1994, Jackes, Lubell andMeiklejohn 1997). This last decade has brought a review of the population relationships through the analyses of several classic and DNA markers (Bosch, Calafell, Perez-Lezaun et al 1997, Bosch, Calafell, Perez-Lezaun et al 2000, Torroni, Bandelt, D'Urbano et al 1998, Arnaiz-Villena, MartõÂ nez-Laso and Alonso-GarcõÂ a 1999, Simoni, Gueresi, Pettener et al 1999, Richards, Macaulay, Hickey et al 2000.…”

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Classical polymorphisms in Berbers from Moyen Atlas (Morocco): genetics, geography, and historical evidence in the Mediterranean peoples

Harich

Esteban

Chafik

et al. 2002

Annals of Human Biology

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The different loci studied revealed close similarity between the Berbers and other north African groups, mainly with Moroccan Arabic-speakers, which is in accord with the hypothesis that the current Moroccan population has a strong Berber background. Differences in the spatial pattern of allele frequencies also are compatible with specific population histories in distinct Mediterranean areas, rather than general population movements across the whole region.

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On Physical Anthropological Aspects of the Mesolithic‐Neolithic Transition in the Iberian Peninsula

Cited by 46 publications

References 10 publications

The Trans-Caucasus and the Expansion of the Caucasoid-Specific Human Mitochondrial DNA

The Trans-Caucasus and the Expansion of the Caucasoid-Specific Human Mitochondrial DNA

Macrobotanical remains and shell-midden formation processes, are they related? The case of Poças de São Bento (Portugal)

Classical polymorphisms in Berbers from Moyen Atlas (Morocco): genetics, geography, and historical evidence in the Mediterranean peoples

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