Comment on "Ancient DNA from the First European Farmers in 7500-Year-Old Neolithic Sites"
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On the basis of analysis of ancient DNA from early European farmers, Haak et al . (Reports, 11 November 2005, p. 1016) argued for the Paleolithic ancestry of modern Europeans. We stress that the study is more limited in scope than the authors claim, in part because not all of the skeletal samples date to the time of the Neolithic transition in a given area of Europe.
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The hypothesis that European farmers stem directly from a population related to the ancient farmers of the southern Levant can be ruled out, since European early farmers share more alleles with Anatolian Neolithic farmers than with Levantine farmers: f4(Europe_EN, Chimp; Anatolia_N, Levant_N) is positive (Z=15).
“We can rule out the hypothesis that European farmers stem directly from a population related to the ancient farmers of the southern Levant29,30, however, since they share more allele with Anatolian Neolithic farmers than with Levantine farmers as attested by the positive statistic f4(Europe_EN, Chimp; Anatolia_N, Levant_N) (Z=15).”
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- Authors
- Ammerman, A. J., Pinhasi, R., & Bánffy, E.
- Affiliations
- Colgate University (US)
- Department of Classics, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA.
- Corresponding author
- Ammerman, Albert J.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2006-06-30
- Volume
- 312
- Issue
- 5782
- Pages
- 1875-1875
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W3013629530
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 6
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Keywords
- ancient DNA, Neolithic farmers, European farmers, Neolithic transition, population genetics
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