Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans

Iosif Lazaridis (), Alissa Mittnik, Nick Patterson, Swapan Mallick, Nadin Rohland, Saskia Pfrengle, Anja Furtwängler, Alexander Peltzer, Cosimo Posth, Andonis Vasilakis, P. J. P. McGeorge, Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou, George Korres, Holley Martlew, Manolis Michalodimitrakis, Mehmet Özsait, Nesrin Özsait, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Michael Richards, Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg, Yannis Tzedakis, Robert Arnott, Daniel M. Fernandes, Jeffery R. Hughey, Dimitra M. Lotakis, Patrick A. Navas, Yannis Maniatis, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, Kristin Stewardson, Philipp Stockhammer, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich (), Johannes Krause () and George Stamatoyannopoulos ()
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Iosif Lazaridis: Harvard Medical School
Alissa Mittnik: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Nick Patterson: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Swapan Mallick: Harvard Medical School
Nadin Rohland: Harvard Medical School
Saskia Pfrengle: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Anja Furtwängler: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
Alexander Peltzer: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Cosimo Posth: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Andonis Vasilakis: 23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
P. J. P. McGeorge: British School at Athens
Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou: 26th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Greek Ministry of Culture
George Korres: University of Athens
Holley Martlew: The Holley Martlew Archaeological Foundation, The Hellenic Archaeological Foundation, Tivoli House
Manolis Michalodimitrakis: University of Crete Medical School
Mehmet Özsait: Erenköy, Bayar caddesi, Eser Apt. Number 7
Nesrin Özsait: Erenköy, Bayar caddesi, Eser Apt. Number 7
Anastasia Papathanasiou: Ephorate of Paleoantropology and Speleology, Greek Ministry of Culture
Michael Richards: Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby
Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg: Harvard Medical School
Yannis Tzedakis: Hellenic Archaeological Service, Samara, 27
Robert Arnott: Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
Daniel M. Fernandes: School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
Jeffery R. Hughey: Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College
Dimitra M. Lotakis: University of Washington, Seattle
Patrick A. Navas: University of Washington, Seattle
Yannis Maniatis: Laboratory of Archaeometry, National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’
John A. Stamatoyannopoulos: University of Washington
Kristin Stewardson: Harvard Medical School
Philipp Stockhammer: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Ron Pinhasi: School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
David Reich: Harvard Medical School
Johannes Krause: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
George Stamatoyannopoulos: University of Washington, Seattle

Nature, 2017, vol. 548, issue 7666, 214-218

Abstract: New genome-wide data for ancient, Bronze Age individuals, including Minoans, Mycenaeans, and southwestern Anatolians, show that Minoans and Mycenaeans were genetically very similar yet distinct, supporting the idea of continuity but not isolation in the history of populations of the Aegean.

Date: 2017
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