| Title: |
100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark. |
| Authors: |
Allentoft, M.E.; Sikora, M.; Fischer, A.; Sjögren, K.G.; Ingason, A.; Macleod, R.; Rosengren, A.; Schulz Paulsson, B.; Jørkov, MLS; Novosolov, M.; Stenderup, J.; Price, T.D.; Fischer Mortensen, M.; Nielsen, A.B.; Ulfeldt Hede, M.; Sørensen, L.; Nielsen, P.O.; Rasmussen, P.; Jensen, TZT; Refoyo-Martínez, A.; Irving-Pease, E.K.; Barrie, W.; Pearson, A.; Sousa da Mota, B.; Demeter, F.; Henriksen, R.A.; Vimala, T.; McColl, H.; Vaughn, A.; Vinner, L.; Renaud, G.; Stern, A.; Johannsen, N.N.; Ramsøe, A.D.; Schork, A.J.; Ruter, A.; Gotfredsen, A.B.; Henning Nielsen, B.; Brinch Petersen, E.; Kannegaard, E.; Hansen, J.; Buck Pedersen, K.; Pedersen, L.; Klassen, L.; Meldgaard, M.; Johansen, M.; Uldum, O.C.; Lotz, P.; Lysdahl, P.; Bangsgaard, P.; Petersen, P.V.; Maring, R.; Iversen, R.; Wåhlin, S.; Anker Sørensen, S.; Andersen, S.H.; Jørgensen, T.; Lynnerup, N.; Lawson, D.J.; Rasmussen, S.; Korneliussen, T.S.; Kjær, K.H.; Durbin, R.; Nielsen, R.; Delaneau, O.; Werge, T.; Kristiansen, K.; Willerslev, E. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois |
| Description: |
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 related to other Western European hunter-gatherers. Despite shifts in material culture they displayed genetic homogeneity from around 10,500 to 5,900 calibrated years before present, when Neolithic farmers with Anatolian-derived ancestry arrived. Although the Neolithic transition was delayed by more than a millennium relative to Central Europe, it was very abrupt and resulted in a population turnover with limited genetic contribution from local hunter-gatherers. The succeeding Neolithic population, associated with the Funnel Beaker culture, persisted for only about 1,000 years before immigrants with eastern Steppe-derived ancestry arrived. This second and equally rapid population replacement gave rise to the Single Grave culture with an ancestry profile more similar to present-day Danes. In our multiproxy dataset, these major demographic events are manifested as parallel shifts in genotype, phenotype, diet and land use. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1476-4687 |
| Relation: |
Nature; https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/154814; serval:BIB_BEA13B225A2F |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41586-023-06862-3 |
| Availability: |
https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/154814; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06862-3 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.54C15A97 |
| Database: |
BASE |