Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia

Michal Feldman, Eva Fernández-Domínguez (), Luke Reynolds, Douglas Baird, Jessica Pearson, Israel Hershkovitz, Hila May, Nigel Goring-Morris, Marion Benz, Julia Gresky, Raffaela A. Bianco, Andrew Fairbairn, Gökhan Mustafaoğlu, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Cosimo Posth, Wolfgang Haak, Choongwon Jeong () and Johannes Krause ()
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Michal Feldman: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
Eva Fernández-Domínguez: Durham University
Luke Reynolds: Liverpool John Moores University
Douglas Baird: University of Liverpool
Jessica Pearson: University of Liverpool
Israel Hershkovitz: Tel Aviv University
Hila May: Tel Aviv University
Nigel Goring-Morris: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Marion Benz: Free University Berlin
Julia Gresky: German Archaeological Institute
Raffaela A. Bianco: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
Andrew Fairbairn: The University of Queensland
Gökhan Mustafaoğlu: Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University
Philipp W. Stockhammer: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
Cosimo Posth: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
Wolfgang Haak: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
Choongwon Jeong: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
Johannes Krause: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Anatolia was home to some of the earliest farming communities. It has been long debated whether a migration of farming groups introduced agriculture to central Anatolia. Here, we report the first genome-wide data from a 15,000-year-old Anatolian hunter-gatherer and from seven Anatolian and Levantine early farmers. We find high genetic continuity (~80–90%) between the hunter-gatherers and early farmers of Anatolia and detect two distinct incoming ancestries: an early Iranian/Caucasus related one and a later one linked to the ancient Levant. Finally, we observe a genetic link between southern Europe and the Near East predating 15,000 years ago. Our results suggest a limited role of human migration in the emergence of agriculture in central Anatolia.

Date: 2019
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