100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark

Allentoft, Morten E.; Sikora, Martin; Fischer, Anders; Sjögren, Karl-Göran; Ingason, Andrés; Macleod, Ruairidh; Rosengren, Anders; Paulsson, Bettina Schulz; Jørkov, Marie Louise Schjellerup; Novosolov, Maria; Stenderup, Jesper; Price, T. Douglas; Mortensen, Morten Fischer; Nielsen, Anne Birgitte; Hede, Mikkel Ulfeldt; Sørensen, Lasse; Nielsen, Poul Otto; Rasmussen, Peter; Jensen, Theis Zetner Trolle; Refoyo-Martínez, Alba; Irving-Pease, Evan K.; Barrie, William; Pearson, Alice; Mota, Bárbara Sousa da; Demeter, Fabrice; Henriksen, Rasmus Amund; Vimala, Tharsika; McColl, Hugh; Vaughn, Andrew H.; Vinner, Lasse; Renaud, Gabriel; Stern, Aaron J.; Johannsen, Niels Nørkjær; Ramsøe, Abigail; Schork, Andrew J.; Ruter, Anthony; Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte; Nielsen, Bjarne Henning; Petersen, Erik Brinch; Kannegaard, Esben; Hansen, Jesper; Pedersen, Kristoffer Buck; Pedersen, Lisbeth; Klassen, Lutz; Meldgaard, Morten; Johansen, Morten; Uldum, Otto; Lotz, Per; Lysdahl, Per; Bangsgaard, Pernille; Petersen, Peter Vang; Maring, Rikke; Iversen, Rune; Wåhlin, Sidsel; Sørensen, Søren A.; Andersen, Søren H.; Jørgensen, Thomas Martini; Lynnerup, Niels; Lawson, Daniel J.; Rasmussen, Simon; Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand; Kjær, Kurt H.; Durbin, Richard; Nielsen, Rasmus; Delaneau, Olivier; Werge, Thomas; Kristiansen, Kristian; Willerslev, Eske

doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06862-3

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100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark

MEMorten E. Allentoft MSMartin Sikora AFAnders Fischer KSKarl-Göran Sjögren AIAndrés Ingason

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Abstract Major migration events in Holocene Eurasia have been characterized genetically at broad regional scales 1–4 . However, insights into the population dynamics in the contact zones are hampered by a lack of ancient genomic data sampled at high spatiotemporal resolution 5–7 . Here, to address this, we analysed shotgun-sequenced genomes from 100 skeletons spanning 7,300 years of the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and Early Bronze Age in Denmark and integrated these with proxies for diet ( 13 C and 15 N content), mobility ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratio) and vegetation cover (pollen). We observe that Danish Mesolithic individuals of the Maglemose, Kongemose and Ertebølle cultures form a distinct genetic cluster…

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Genome
Population
Ancient DNA
Biology
Geography
Evolutionary biology
Genetics
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