Genes mirror migrations and cultures in prehistoric Europe - a population genomic perspective
Genes mirror migrations and cultures in prehistoric Europe - a population genomic perspective
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DOI：
10.1016/j.gde.2016.09.004
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
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通讯作者：
Jakobsson, Mattias
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作者：
Guenther, Torsten;Jakobsson, Mattias
来自古人类遗骸的基因组信息开始显示出其在了解人类史前史方面的全部潜力。我们回顾了过去几年关于欧洲史前史的戏剧性发现，这些发现基于生活在数千年前的人类基因组数据，并将其与现代基因组变异模式联系起来。早期，旧石器时代晚期，似乎包含几个人口周转，其次是更稳定的人口后，最后一次冰期盛期和中石器时代。大约11000年前，推动新石器时代转变的移民从安纳托利亚周围开始，数千年后到达欧洲北部和西部，随后是青铜时代的大规模移民。这些发现表明，文化和生活方式是史前欧洲基因组分化和相似性的主要决定因素，而不是像今天这样的地理因素。
Genomic information from ancient human remains is beginning to show its full potential for learning about human prehistory. We review the last few years' dramatic finds about European prehistory based on genomic data from humans that lived many millennia ago and relate it to modern-day patterns of genomic variation. The early times, the Upper Paleolithic, appears to contain several population turn-overs followed by more stable populations after the Last Glacial Maximum and during the Mesolithic. Some 11 000 years ago the migrations driving the Neolithic transition start from around Anatolia and reach the north and the west of Europe millennia later followed by major migrations during the Bronze Age. These findings show that culture and lifestyle were major determinants of genomic differentiation and similarity in pre-historic Europe rather than geography as is the case today.