Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia

Feldman M., Fernández-Domínguez E., Reynolds L., Baird D., Pearson J., Hershkovitz I., ...Daha Fazla

Nature Communications, cilt.10, sa.1, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1038/s41467-019-09209-7
  • Dergi Adı: Nature Communications
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Anatolia was home to some of the earliest farming communities. It has been long debated whether a migration of farming groups introduced agriculture to central Anatolia. Here, we report the first genome-wide data from a 15,000-year-old Anatolian hunter-gatherer and from seven Anatolian and Levantine early farmers. We find high genetic continuity (~80–90%) between the hunter-gatherers and early farmers of Anatolia and detect two distinct incoming ancestries: an early Iranian/Caucasus related one and a later one linked to the ancient Levant. Finally, we observe a genetic link between southern Europe and the Near East predating 15,000 years ago. Our results suggest a limited role of human migration in the emergence of agriculture in central Anatolia.