articleNatureMar 1, 2023HYBRID OA

Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

CPCosimo PosthYHYu HeAGAyshin GhalichiHRHélène RougierICIsabelle Crèvecoeur

Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · +74 more institutions

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Abstract

Abstract Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years 1,2 . Our knowledge of the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to the scarceness and poor molecular preservation of human remains from that period 3 . Here we analyse 356 ancient hunter-gatherer genomes, including new genomic data for 116 individuals from 14 countries in western and central Eurasia, spanning between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago. We identify a genetic ancestry profile in individuals associated with Upper Palaeolithic Gravettian assemblages from western Europe that is distinct from contemporaneous groups related to this archaeological culture in central and southern Europe 4…

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  • Aurignacian
  • Magdalenian
  • Upper Paleolithic
  • Last Glacial Maximum
  • Mesolithic
  • Geography
  • Glacial period
  • Biological dispersal
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