Genome of a middle Holocene hunter-gatherer from Wallacea

Selina Carlhoff, Akin Duli, Kathrin Nägele, Muhammad Nur, Laurits Skov, Iwan Sumantri, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Budianto Hakim, Basran Burhan, Fardi Ali Syahdar, David P. McGahan, David Bulbeck, Yinika L. Perston, Kim Newman, Andi Muhammad Saiful, Marlon Ririmasse, Stephen Chia, Hasanuddin, Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, Suryatman, Supriadi, Choongwon Jeong, Benjamin M. Peter, Kay Prüfer, Adam Powell, Johannes Krause (), Cosimo Posth () and Adam Brumm ()
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Selina Carlhoff: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Akin Duli: Universitas Hasanuddin
Kathrin Nägele: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Muhammad Nur: Universitas Hasanuddin
Laurits Skov: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Iwan Sumantri: Universitas Hasanuddin
Adhi Agus Oktaviana: Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional (ARKENAS)
Budianto Hakim: Balai Arkeologi Sulawesi Selatan
Basran Burhan: Griffith University
Fardi Ali Syahdar: Independent researcher
David P. McGahan: Griffith University
David Bulbeck: Australian National University
Yinika L. Perston: Griffith University
Kim Newman: Griffith University
Andi Muhammad Saiful: Balai Arkeologi Sulawesi Selatan
Marlon Ririmasse: Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional (ARKENAS)
Stephen Chia: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Hasanuddin: Balai Arkeologi Sulawesi Selatan
Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu: Universitas Hasanuddin
Suryatman: Balai Arkeologi Sulawesi Selatan
Supriadi: Universitas Hasanuddin
Choongwon Jeong: Seoul National University
Benjamin M. Peter: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Kay Prüfer: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Adam Powell: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Johannes Krause: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Cosimo Posth: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Adam Brumm: Griffith University

Nature, 2021, vol. 596, issue 7873, 543-547

Abstract: Abstract Much remains unknown about the population history of early modern humans in southeast Asia, where the archaeological record is sparse and the tropical climate is inimical to the preservation of ancient human DNA1. So far, only two low-coverage pre-Neolithic human genomes have been sequenced from this region. Both are from mainland Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherer sites: Pha Faen in Laos, dated to 7939–7751 calibrated years before present (yr cal bp; present taken as ad 1950), and Gua Cha in Malaysia (4.4–4.2 kyr cal bp)1. Here we report, to our knowledge, the first ancient human genome from Wallacea, the oceanic island zone between the Sunda Shelf (comprising mainland southeast Asia and the continental islands of western Indonesia) and Pleistocene Sahul (Australia–New Guinea). We extracted DNA from the petrous bone of a young female hunter-gatherer buried 7.3–7.2 kyr cal bp at the limestone cave of Leang Panninge2 in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Genetic analyses show that this pre-Neolithic forager, who is associated with the ‘Toalean’ technocomplex3,4, shares most genetic drift and morphological similarities with present-day Papuan and Indigenous Australian groups, yet represents a previously unknown divergent human lineage that branched off around the time of the split between these populations approximately 37,000 years ago5. We also describe Denisovan and deep Asian-related ancestries in the Leang Panninge genome, and infer their large-scale displacement from the region today.

Date: 2021
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