Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe

Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Kerttu Majander, Choongwon Jeong, Elina Salmela, Anna Wessman, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Valery Khartanovich, Oleg Balanovsky, Matthias Ongyerth, Antje Weihmann, Antti Sajantila, Janet Kelso, Svante Pääbo, Päivi Onkamo (), Wolfgang Haak (), Johannes Krause and Stephan Schiffels ()
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Thiseas C. Lamnidis: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Kerttu Majander: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Choongwon Jeong: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Elina Salmela: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Anna Wessman: University of Helsinki
Vyacheslav Moiseyev: University Embankment
Valery Khartanovich: University Embankment
Oleg Balanovsky: Vavilov Institute of General Genetics
Matthias Ongyerth: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Antje Weihmann: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Antti Sajantila: University of Helsinki
Janet Kelso: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Svante Pääbo: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Päivi Onkamo: University of Helsinki
Wolfgang Haak: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Johannes Krause: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Stephan Schiffels: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract European population history has been shaped by migrations of people, and their subsequent admixture. Recently, ancient DNA has brought new insights into European migration events linked to the advent of agriculture, and possibly to the spread of Indo-European languages. However, little is known about the ancient population history of north-eastern Europe, in particular about populations speaking Uralic languages, such as Finns and Saami. Here we analyse ancient genomic data from 11 individuals from Finland and north-western Russia. We show that the genetic makeup of northern Europe was shaped by migrations from Siberia that began at least 3500 years ago. This Siberian ancestry was subsequently admixed into many modern populations in the region, particularly into populations speaking Uralic languages today. Additionally, we show that ancestors of modern Saami inhabited a larger territory during the Iron Age, which adds to the historical and linguistic information about the population history of Finland.

Date: 2018
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