The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene

Martin Sikora (), Vladimir V. Pitulko (), Vitor C. Sousa, Morten E. Allentoft, Lasse Vinner, Simon Rasmussen, Ashot Margaryan, Peter Damgaard, Constanza Fuente, Gabriel Renaud, Melinda A. Yang, Qiaomei Fu, Isabelle Dupanloup, Konstantinos Giampoudakis, David Nogués-Bravo, Carsten Rahbek, Guus Kroonen, Michaël Peyrot, Hugh McColl, Sergey V. Vasilyev, Elizaveta Veselovskaya, Margarita Gerasimova, Elena Y. Pavlova, Vyacheslav G. Chasnyk, Pavel A. Nikolskiy, Andrei V. Gromov, Valeriy I. Khartanovich, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Pavel S. Grebenyuk, Alexander Yu. Fedorchenko, Alexander I. Lebedintsev, Sergey B. Slobodin, Boris A. Malyarchuk, Rui Martiniano, Morten Meldgaard, Laura Arppe, Jukka U. Palo, Tarja Sundell, Kristiina Mannermaa, Mikko Putkonen, Verner Alexandersen, Charlotte Primeau, Nurbol Baimukhanov, Ripan S. Malhi, Karl-Göran Sjögren, Kristian Kristiansen, Anna Wessman, Antti Sajantila, Marta Mirazon Lahr, Richard Durbin, Rasmus Nielsen, David J. Meltzer, Laurent Excoffier () and Eske Willerslev ()
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Martin Sikora: University of Copenhagen
Vladimir V. Pitulko: Russian Academy of Science
Vitor C. Sousa: Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Morten E. Allentoft: University of Copenhagen
Lasse Vinner: University of Copenhagen
Simon Rasmussen: Technical University of Denmark
Ashot Margaryan: University of Copenhagen
Peter Damgaard: University of Copenhagen
Constanza Fuente: University of Copenhagen
Gabriel Renaud: University of Copenhagen
Melinda A. Yang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiaomei Fu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Isabelle Dupanloup: Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health SA
Konstantinos Giampoudakis: University of Copenhagen
David Nogués-Bravo: University of Copenhagen
Carsten Rahbek: University of Copenhagen
Guus Kroonen: University of Copenhagen
Michaël Peyrot: Leiden University
Hugh McColl: University of Copenhagen
Sergey V. Vasilyev: Russian Academy of Science
Elizaveta Veselovskaya: Russian Academy of Science
Margarita Gerasimova: Russian Academy of Science
Elena Y. Pavlova: Russian Academy of Science
Vyacheslav G. Chasnyk: St Petersburg Pediatric Medical University
Pavel A. Nikolskiy: Russian Academy of Science
Andrei V. Gromov: Russian Academy of Sciences
Valeriy I. Khartanovich: Russian Academy of Sciences
Vyacheslav Moiseyev: Russian Academy of Sciences
Pavel S. Grebenyuk: Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander Yu. Fedorchenko: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander I. Lebedintsev: Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergey B. Slobodin: Russian Academy of Sciences
Boris A. Malyarchuk: Russian Academy of Sciences
Rui Martiniano: University of Cambridge
Morten Meldgaard: University of Copenhagen
Laura Arppe: University of Helsinki
Jukka U. Palo: University of Helsinki
Tarja Sundell: University of Helsinki
Kristiina Mannermaa: University of Helsinki
Mikko Putkonen: University of Helsinki
Verner Alexandersen: University of Copenhagen
Charlotte Primeau: University of Copenhagen
Nurbol Baimukhanov: Shejire DNA
Ripan S. Malhi: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karl-Göran Sjögren: University of Gothenburg
Kristian Kristiansen: University of Gothenburg
Anna Wessman: University of Helsinki
Antti Sajantila: University of Helsinki
Marta Mirazon Lahr: University of Copenhagen
Richard Durbin: University of Cambridge
Rasmus Nielsen: University of Copenhagen
David J. Meltzer: University of Copenhagen
Laurent Excoffier: University of Bern
Eske Willerslev: University of Copenhagen

Nature, 2019, vol. 570, issue 7760, 182-188

Abstract: Abstract Northeastern Siberia has been inhabited by humans for more than 40,000 years but its deep population history remains poorly understood. Here we investigate the late Pleistocene population history of northeastern Siberia through analyses of 34 newly recovered ancient genomes that date to between 31,000 and 600 years ago. We document complex population dynamics during this period, including at least three major migration events: an initial peopling by a previously unknown Palaeolithic population of ‘Ancient North Siberians’ who are distantly related to early West Eurasian hunter-gatherers; the arrival of East Asian-related peoples, which gave rise to ‘Ancient Palaeo-Siberians’ who are closely related to contemporary communities from far-northeastern Siberia (such as the Koryaks), as well as Native Americans; and a Holocene migration of other East Asian-related peoples, who we name ‘Neo-Siberians’, and from whom many contemporary Siberians are descended. Each of these population expansions largely replaced the earlier inhabitants, and ultimately generated the mosaic genetic make-up of contemporary peoples who inhabit a vast area across northern Eurasia and the Americas.

Date: 2019
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