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Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent

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Broushaki, Farnaz, Thomas, Mark G., Link, Vivian, López, Saioa, van Dorp, Lucy, Kirsanow, Karola, Hofmanová, Zuzana, Diekmann, Yoan +24 more·2016·Science

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Near Eastern genomes from Iran: The genetic composition of populations in Europe changed during the Neolithic transition from hunting and gathering to farming. To better understand the origin of modern populations, Broushaki et al. sequenced ancient DNA from four individuals from the Zagros region of present-day Iran, representing the early Neolithic Fertile Crescent. These individuals unexpectedly were not ancestral to early European farmers, and their genetic structures did not contribute significantly to those of present-day Europeans. These data indicate that a parallel Neolithic transition probably resulted from structured farming populations across southwest Asia. Science , this issue p. 499

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  • Previous genome-wide ancient DNA studies from the Near East have revealed that at the time when agriculture developed, populations from Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant were approximately as genetically differentiated from each other as present-day Europeans and East Asians are today.

    “Previous genome-wide ancient DNA studies from the Near East have revealed that at the time when agriculture developed, populations from Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant were approximately as genetically differentiated from each other as present-day Europeans and East Asians are today24,25.”

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    The supplied Abstract passages say Early Neolithic populations from the Zagros and NW Anatolia descended from distinct ancestral populations and differed conspicuously. They do not establish the claim for Levantine populations or compare the degree of differentiation with that between present-day Europeans and East Asians; searches for those comparisons returned no passage. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. [2]Mattews R Mattews W Mohammadifar Y The Earliest Neolithic of Iran: 2008 Excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani Central Zagros 2013 1 Oxbow Books Oxford
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Broushaki, F., Thomas, M. G., Link, V., López, S., van Dorp, L., Kirsanow, K., Hofmanová, Z., Diekmann, Y., Cassidy, L. M., Díez-del-Molino, D., Kousathanas, A., Sell, C., Robson, H. K., Martiniano, R., Blöcher, J., Scheu, A., Kreutzer, S., Bollongino, R., Bobo, D., Davoudi, H., Munoz, O., Currat, M., Abdi, K., Biglari, F., Craig, O. E., Bradley, D. G., Shennan, S., Veeramah, K. R., Mashkour, M., Wegmann, D., Hellenthal, G., & Burger, J.
Affiliations
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • University College London (GB)
  • SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
  • Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Trinity College Dublin (IE)
  • University of York (GB)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • Tarbiat Modares University (IR)
  • UMR 7041 ArScAn-VEPMO, Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, 21 allée de l’Université, 92023 Nanterre, France.
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • Paleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran, 113617111, Tehran, Iran.
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Corresponding author
  • Wegmann, Daniel
  • Hellenthal, Garrett
Venue
Science
Published
2016-07-29
Volume
353
Issue
6298
Pages
499-503
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2461271891
Cited by
288
References
151
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 5
FWCI
29.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (BO 4119/1)
  • Swiss NSF (31003A_156853, 31003A_149920)
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/L009382/1)
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/F500351/1)
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Royal Society (098386/Z/12/Z)
  • National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre
  • Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship
  • DFG
  • INST (247/602-1 FUGG)
  • Irish Research Council (GOIPG/2013/1219)
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
Early Neolithic, Zagros region, ancient genomes, Neolithic farmers, hunter-gatherers, origins of agriculture, population structure
MeSH terms
Afghanistan, Agriculture, Ethnicity, Humans, Iran, Pakistan, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, White People, History, Ancient, Human Migration

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