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Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland

Authors :
Anja Furtwängler
A. B. Rohrlach
Thiseas C. Lamnidis
Luka Papac
Gunnar U. Neumann
Inga Siebke
Ella Reiter
Noah Steuri
Jürgen Hald
Anthony Denaire
Bernadette Schnitzler
Joachim Wahl
Marianne Ramstein
Verena J. Schuenemann
Philipp W. Stockhammer
Albert Hafner
Sandra Lösch
Wolfgang Haak
Stephan Schiffels
Johannes Krause
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

European populations underwent strong genetic changes during the Neolithic. Here, Furtwängler et al. provide ancient nuclear and mitochondrial genomic data from the region of Switzerland during the end of the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age that reveal a complex genetic turnover during the arrival of steppe ancestry.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.43b03248f1de45fda8eb721f159b6496
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15560-x