Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland

Anja Furtwängler, A. B. Rohrlach, Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Luka Papac, Gunnar U. Neumann, Inga Siebke, Ella Reiter, Noah Steuri, Jürgen Hald, Anthony Denaire, Bernadette Schnitzler, Joachim Wahl, Marianne Ramstein, Verena J. Schuenemann, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Albert Hafner, Sandra Lösch, Wolfgang Haak, Stephan Schiffels and Johannes Krause ()
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Anja Furtwängler: University of Tübingen
A. B. Rohrlach: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Thiseas C. Lamnidis: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Luka Papac: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Gunnar U. Neumann: University of Tübingen
Inga Siebke: University of Bern
Ella Reiter: University of Tübingen
Noah Steuri: University of Bern
Jürgen Hald: Archaeological Office of the District of Constance
Anthony Denaire: University of Burgundy
Bernadette Schnitzler: Museum of Archaeology Strasbourg
Joachim Wahl: Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Marianne Ramstein: Archaeological Service of the canton of Bern
Verena J. Schuenemann: University of Tübingen
Philipp W. Stockhammer: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Albert Hafner: University of Bern
Sandra Lösch: University of Bern
Wolfgang Haak: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Stephan Schiffels: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Johannes Krause: University of Tübingen

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Genetic studies of Neolithic and Bronze Age skeletons from Europe have provided evidence for strong population genetic changes at the beginning and the end of the Neolithic period. To further understand the implications of these in Southern Central Europe, we analyze 96 ancient genomes from Switzerland, Southern Germany, and the Alsace region in France, covering the Middle/Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. Similar to previously described genetic changes in other parts of Europe from the early 3rd millennium BCE, we detect an arrival of ancestry related to Late Neolithic pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Switzerland as early as 2860–2460 calBCE. Our analyses suggest that this genetic turnover was a complex process lasting almost 1000 years and involved highly genetically structured populations in this region.

Date: 2020
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