1. Paleolithic to Bronze Age Siberians Reveal Connections with First Americans and across Eurasia
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Patrick Roberts, Johannes Krause, Gunnar U. Neumann, Petrus LeRoux, Kathrin Nägele, Marina K. Karapetian, Sandra Penske, He Yu, Rita Radzevičiūtė, Choongwon Jeong, G.D. Pavlenok, Mary Lucas, Cosimo Posth, Svetlana Shnaider, Maria A. Spyrou, Jana Zech, and Alexandra P. Buzhilova
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0303 health sciences ,geography ,Asia ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Genome, Human ,Steppe ,Human Migration ,Racial Groups ,Biology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Europe ,Siberia ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bronze Age ,Upper Paleolithic ,Humans ,Ethnology ,DNA, Ancient ,History, Ancient ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Summary Modern humans have inhabited the Lake Baikal region since the Upper Paleolithic, though the precise history of its peoples over this long time span is still largely unknown. Here, we report genome-wide data from 19 Upper Paleolithic to Early Bronze Age individuals from this Siberian region. An Upper Paleolithic genome shows a direct link with the First Americans by sharing the admixed ancestry that gave rise to all non-Arctic Native Americans. We also demonstrate the formation of Early Neolithic and Bronze Age Baikal populations as the result of prolonged admixture throughout the eighth to sixth millennium BP. Moreover, we detect genetic interactions with western Eurasian steppe populations and reconstruct Yersinia pestis genomes from two Early Bronze Age individuals without western Eurasian ancestry. Overall, our study demonstrates the most deeply divergent connection between Upper Paleolithic Siberians and the First Americans and reveals human and pathogen mobility across Eurasia during the Bronze Age.
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- 2020
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