Patrilocality and hunter-gatherer-related ancestry of populations in East-Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age

Maciej Chyleński (), Przemysław Makarowicz, Anna Juras (), Maja Krzewińska, Łukasz Pospieszny, Edvard Ehler, Agnieszka Breszka, Jacek Górski, Halina Taras, Anita Szczepanek, Marta Polańska, Piotr Włodarczak, Anna Lasota-Kuś, Irena Wójcik, Jan Romaniszyn, Marzena Szmyt, Aleksander Kośko, Marcin Ignaczak, Sylwester Sadowski, Andrzej Matoga, Anna Grossman, Vasyl Ilchyshyn, Maryna O. Yahodinska, Adriana Romańska, Krzysztof Tunia, Marcin Przybyła, Ryszard Grygiel, Krzysztof Szostek, Miroslawa Dabert, Anders Götherström, Mattias Jakobsson and Helena Malmström ()
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Maciej Chyleński: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
Przemysław Makarowicz: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
Anna Juras: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
Maja Krzewińska: Stockholm University
Łukasz Pospieszny: University of Gdańsk
Edvard Ehler: Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083
Agnieszka Breszka: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
Jacek Górski: University of Pope Jan Paweł II
Halina Taras: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Anita Szczepanek: Polish Academy of Science
Marta Polańska: Lublin Museum
Piotr Włodarczak: Polish Academy of Science
Anna Lasota-Kuś: Polish Academy of Science
Irena Wójcik: Archaeological Museum in Cracow
Jan Romaniszyn: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
Marzena Szmyt: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
Aleksander Kośko: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
Marcin Ignaczak: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
Sylwester Sadowski: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Andrzej Matoga: Archaeological Museum in Cracow
Anna Grossman: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie
Vasyl Ilchyshyn: Zaliztsi Museum of Local Lore
Maryna O. Yahodinska: Ternopil Regional Center for Protection and Research of Cultural Heritage Sites
Adriana Romańska: Wojewódzki Urząd Ochrony Zabytków
Krzysztof Tunia: Polish Academy of Science
Marcin Przybyła: Michał Podsiadło s.c.”
Ryszard Grygiel: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź
Krzysztof Szostek: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
Miroslawa Dabert: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
Anders Götherström: Stockholm University
Mattias Jakobsson: Uppsala University
Helena Malmström: Uppsala University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored, despite this region being on the confluence of various ecological zones and cultural entities. Here, the descendants of societies associated with steppe pastoralists form Early Bronze Age were followed by Middle Bronze Age populations displaying unique characteristics. Particularly, the predominance of collective burials, the scale of which, was previously seen only in the Neolithic. The extent to which this re-emergence of older traditions is a result of genetic shift or social changes in the MBA is a subject of debate. Here by analysing 91 newly generated genomes from Bronze Age individuals from present Poland and Ukraine, we discovered that Middle Bronze Age populations were formed by an additional admixture event involving a population with relatively high proportions of genetic component associated with European hunter-gatherers and that their social structure was based on, primarily patrilocal, multigenerational kin-groups.

Date: 2023
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