Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians

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Jones, Eppie R.
Gonzalez-Fortes, Gloria
Connell, Sarah
Siska, Veronika
Eriksson, Anders
Martiniano, Rui
McLaughlin, Russell L.
Gallego Llorente, Marcos
Cassidy, Lara M.
Gamba, Cristina
Meshveliani, Tengiz
Müller, Werner
Belfer-Cohen, Anna
Matskevich, Zinovi
Jakeli, Nino
Higham, Thomas F. G.
Currat, Mathias
Lordkipanidze, David
Hofreiter, Michael
Manica, Andrea
Pinhasi, Ron
Bradley, Daniel G.
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Jones, E. R., G. Gonzalez-Fortes, S. Connell, V. Siska, A. Eriksson, R. Martiniano, R. L. McLaughlin, et al. 2015. “Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians.” Nature Communications 6 (1): 8912. doi:10.1038/ncomms9912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9912.Abstract
We extend the scope of European palaeogenomics by sequencing the genomes of Late Upper Palaeolithic (13,300 years old, 1.4-fold coverage) and Mesolithic (9,700 years old, 15.4-fold) males from western Georgia in the Caucasus and a Late Upper Palaeolithic (13,700 years old, 9.5-fold) male from Switzerland. While we detect Late Palaeolithic–Mesolithic genomic continuity in both regions, we find that Caucasus hunter-gatherers (CHG) belong to a distinct ancient clade that split from western hunter-gatherers ∼45 kya, shortly after the expansion of anatomically modern humans into Europe and from the ancestors of Neolithic farmers ∼25 kya, around the Last Glacial Maximum. CHG genomes significantly contributed to the Yamnaya steppe herders who migrated into Europe ∼3,000 BC, supporting a formative Caucasus influence on this important Early Bronze age culture. CHG left their imprint on modern populations from the Caucasus and also central and south Asia possibly marking the arrival of Indo-Aryan languages.Other Sources
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