Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 112; no. 38; pp. 11917 - 11922
• Main Authors: Günther, Torsten, Valdiosera, Cristina, Malmström, Helena, Ureña, Irene, Rodriguez-Varela, Ricardo, Sverrisdóttir, Óddny Osk, Daskalaki, Evangelia A., Skoglund, Pontus, Naidoo, Thijessen, Svensson, Emma M., de Castro, José María Bermúdez, Carbonell, Eudald, Dunn, Michael, Storå, Jan, Iriarte, Eneko, Arsuaga, Juan Luis, Carretero, José-Miguel, Götherström, Anders, Jakobsson, Mattias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 22.09.2015; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Ancient DNA; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Biological Sciences; DNA - genetics; Farmers; Farmers - history; Gene Pool; Genetics; Genetik; Genome; Genomes; Geography; History, Ancient; human prehistory; Humans; Migration; Population Dynamics; population genomics; Prehistoric era; Principal Component Analysis; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Social Sciences; Spain; Spain; Europe; Atapuerca Spain; Ancient DNA; population genomics; human prehistory

The consequences of the Neolithic transition in Europe—one of the most important cultural changes in human prehistory—is a subject of great interest. However, its effect on prehistoric and modernday people in Iberia, the westernmost frontier of the European continent, remains unresolved. We present,...