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Genome-wide data from two early Neolithic East Asian individuals dating to 7700 years ago

Authors :
Siska, Veronika
Jones, Eppie Ruth
Jeon, Sungwon
Bhak, Youngjune
Kim, Hak-Min
Cho, Yun Sung
Kim, Hyunho
Lee, Kyusang
Veselovskaya, Elizaveta
Balueva, Tatiana
Gallego-Llorente, Marcos
Hofreiter, Michael
Bradley, Daniel G.
Eriksson, Anders
Pinhasi, Ron
Bhak, Jong
Manica, Andrea
Bhak, Youngjune [0000-0002-9273-6984]
Gallego-Llorente, Marcos [0000-0003-3498-6018]
Hofreiter, Michael [0000-0003-0441-4705]
Bradley, Daniel G [0000-0001-7335-7092]
Eriksson, Anders [0000-0003-3436-3726]
Pinhasi, Ron [0000-0003-1629-8131]
Bhak, Jong [0000-0002-4228-1299]
Manica, Andrea [0000-0003-1895-450X]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Source :
Science Advances
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Universität Potsdam, 2019.

Abstract

Ancient genomes have revolutionized our understanding of Holocene prehistory and, particularly, the Neolithic transition in western Eurasia. In contrast, East Asia has so far received little attention, despite representing a core region at which the Neolithic transition took place independently similar to 3 millennia after its onset in the Near East. We report genome-wide data from two hunter-gatherers from Devil's Gate, an early Neolithic cave site (dated to similar to 7.7 thousand years ago) located in East Asia, on the border between Russia and Korea. Both of these individuals are genetically most similar to geographically close modern populations from the Amur Basin, all speaking Tungusic languages, and, in particular, to the Ulchi. The similarity to nearby modern populations and the low levels of additional genetic material in the Ulchi imply a high level of genetic continuity in this region during the Holocene, a pattern that markedly contrasts with that reported for Europe.<br />Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 791

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Science Advances
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8d4b0ba4cab8b7988d2cdaab38d3fd47
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43997