Paleogenetic evidence of a Pyrenean Neolithic family: Kinship, physical appearance and biogeography multidisciplinary analysis

Gomes, Cláudia; Remolins, Gerard; López-Parra, Ana Marı́a; Gibaja, Juan Francisco; Fondevila, Maria; Angelis, Flavio De; Veltre, Virginia; Subirà, M. Eulàlia; Baeza-Richer, Carlos; Guerrero, Diana Alexandra Castañeda; Palomo-Díez, Sara; Martínez-Labarga, Cristina; Labajo-González, Elena; Lareu, Marı́a Victoria; Pérez, Bernardo Perea; Arroyo-Pardo, Eduardo

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105226

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“…There is no way of knowing exactly what the concept of family would have been like in prehistoric societies, as there are no written records. The approach that is often attempted is through the study of funeral practices and burials (Lee et al 2014;Palomo-Díez et al 2017;Gomes et al 2020;Gomes et al 2021;Rath et al 2024), trying to understand whether these were related to a certain biological kinship between individuals. In the case of the discovery of multiple graves with non-simultaneous burials (because in this case simultaneous burials, this could be due to epidemics or wars), the absence of biological kinship between individuals allows us to think about other types of "family", for example, a concept based on social rather than biological relations between individuals.…”

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Family in Medieval Society: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

Gomes,

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2024

Genealogy

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One of the periods with the greatest social, cultural, and religious changes was, without a doubt, the European medieval period. The concept of “Family” was one of the fields that gradually evolved, from individuals who shared the same biological lineage, to members of the same “House”. One of the ways to study the concept of “Family” in ancient periods is through a bioarchaeological perspective, where both anthropology and genetics have proven to be essential disciplines for studying “Families”. Through burial rituals, observing whether the graves were single or multiple, as is carried out in the study of human remains, we discuss the profound contribution of anthropology to the “Family” investigation, through mobility studies, the investigation of biological sex, observing certain congenital anomalies or, even, the study of certain ancient infectious diseases. Concerning genetics, the study of bones or teeth allows us to determine whether individuals were from the same close family or if they belonged to the same lineage through the maternal and paternal sides, being one of the only scientific ways of proposing social relationships between individuals, such as that created through adoption.

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Family in Medieval Society: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

Gomes,

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2024

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“…Works oriented to the identification of controversial characters are already frequent (Salerno et al 2005;Haeusler et al 2016) or to establish kinship among individuals buried together (Gomes et al 2020;Gamba et al 2011), without neglecting the detection of individuals related to skeletons with signs of serious diseases (Alves-Cardoso et al 2022). Nowadays, it is even possible to determine the physical appearance of individuals by the genetic analysis of their skeletal remains (Gomes et al 2017(Gomes et al , 2020. Today it can be said, as Larmuseau and Bodner (2018) have pointed out, that genealogical genetic analyses have, above the merely anecdotal, significative biological, historical, social, and educational importance.…”

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Genetics Unveil the Genealogical Ancestry and Physical Appearance of an Unknown Historical Figure: Lady Leonor of Castile (Spain) (1256–1275)

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Through this study, it has been possible to establish an accurate prediction of the physical characteristics, biogeographical origin, and genealogical ancestry of a previously obscured historical figure: The Princess Lady Leonor of Castile (1256–1275), one of the legitimate daughters of the Spanish King Alfonso X “The Wise”. The genetic analysis of External Visible Characteristics in the mummified remains attributed to this Princess has allowed determining her origin by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis, and her physical appearance for hair, eyes, and skin color by autosomal SNPs. The results show that the mummified remains correspond to a young European woman with black hair, green-hazel eyes, and white skin. Her physical appearance has not been possible to be compared with any pictorial source, but the biogeographical analysis results are consistent with the historiographic genealogical information.

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“…However, historical evidence suggests that the West European family was already nuclear in a context of low kinship intensity before the diffusion of the Church's MFP. Indeed, genetic and isotopic analysis do not support the presence of high kinship intensity among Western Neolithic farmers [3][4][5][6][7]. In particular, the practice of cousin marriage-a key indicator of high kinship intensity according to Schulz et al [2]-was limited, as recurring evidence of female exogamy attests.…”

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Distance to Innovations, Kinship Intensity, and Psychological Traits

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2021

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Paleogenetic evidence of a Pyrenean Neolithic family: Kinship, physical appearance and biogeography multidisciplinary analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Family in Medieval Society: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

Family in Medieval Society: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

Genetics Unveil the Genealogical Ancestry and Physical Appearance of an Unknown Historical Figure: Lady Leonor of Castile (Spain) (1256–1275)

Distance to Innovations, Kinship Intensity, and Psychological Traits

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