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Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

Zuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer, Garrett Hellenthal, Christian Sell, Yoan Diekmann, David Díez-del-Molino, Lucy van Dorp, Saioa López, Athanasios Kousathanas, Vivian Link, Karola Kirsanow, Lara M. Cassidy, Rui Martiniano, Melanie Strobel, Amelie Scheu, Kostas Kotsakis, Paul Halstead, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, Dushanka-Christina Urem-Kotsou, Christina Ziota, Fotini Adaktylou, Shyamalika Gopalan, Dean M. Bobo, Laura Winkelbach, Jens Blöcher, Martina Unterländer, Christoph Leuenberger, Çiler Çilingiroğlu, Barbara Horejs, Fokke Gerritsen, Stephen Shennan, Daniel G. Bradley, Mathias Currat, Krishna R. Veeramah, Daniel Wegmann, Mark G. Thomas, Christina Papageorgopoulou, Joachim Burger
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/032763
Zuzana Hofmanová
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Susanne Kreutzer
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Garrett Hellenthal
2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Christian Sell
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Yoan Diekmann
2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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David Díez-del-Molino
2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Lucy van Dorp
2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Saioa López
2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Athanasios Kousathanas
3Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
4Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Vivian Link
3Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
4Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Karola Kirsanow
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Lara M. Cassidy
5Molecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Rui Martiniano
5Molecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Melanie Strobel
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Amelie Scheu
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
5Molecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Kostas Kotsakis
6Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, School of History and Archaeology, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Paul Halstead
7Department of Archaeology, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK.
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Sevi Triantaphyllou
6Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, School of History and Archaeology, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika
8Honorary Ephor of Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 106 82 Athens, Greece.
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Dushanka-Christina Urem-Kotsou
9Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.
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Christina Ziota
10Ephorate of Antiquities of Florina, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 106 82 Athens, Greece.
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Fotini Adaktylou
11Ephorate of Antiquities of Chalkidiki, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 106 82 Athens, Greece.
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Shyamalika Gopalan
12Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794–5245, USA.
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Dean M. Bobo
12Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794–5245, USA.
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Laura Winkelbach
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Jens Blöcher
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Martina Unterländer
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Christoph Leuenberger
13Department of Mathematics, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Çiler Çilingiroğlu
14Ege University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archeology, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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Barbara Horejs
15Institute of Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
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Fokke Gerritsen
16Netherlands Institute in Turkey, P.K. 132, Beyoğlu 34433, İstanbul, Turkey.
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Stephen Shennan
17Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, UK.
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Daniel G. Bradley
5Molecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Mathias Currat
18Department of Genetics & Evolution-Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Krishna R. Veeramah
12Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794–5245, USA.
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Daniel Wegmann
3Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
4Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Mark G. Thomas
2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Christina Papageorgopoulou
19Laboratory of Anthropology, Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.
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  • For correspondence: cpapage@he.duth.gr jburger@uni-mainz.de
Joachim Burger
1Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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  • For correspondence: cpapage@he.duth.gr jburger@uni-mainz.de
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Abstract

Farming and sedentism first appear in southwest Asia during the early Holocene and later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. Conspicuous uncertainties remain about the relative roles of migration, cultural diffusion and admixture with local foragers in the early Neolithisation of Europe. Here we present paleogenomic data for five Neolithic individuals from northwestern Turkey and northern Greece – spanning the time and region of the earliest spread of farming into Europe. We observe striking genetic similarity both among Aegean early farmers and with those from across Europe. Our study demonstrates a direct genetic link between Mediterranean and Central European early farmers and those of Greece and Anatolia, extending the European Neolithic migratory chain all the way back to southwestern Asia.

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Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans
Zuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer, Garrett Hellenthal, Christian Sell, Yoan Diekmann, David Díez-del-Molino, Lucy van Dorp, Saioa López, Athanasios Kousathanas, Vivian Link, Karola Kirsanow, Lara M. Cassidy, Rui Martiniano, Melanie Strobel, Amelie Scheu, Kostas Kotsakis, Paul Halstead, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, Dushanka-Christina Urem-Kotsou, Christina Ziota, Fotini Adaktylou, Shyamalika Gopalan, Dean M. Bobo, Laura Winkelbach, Jens Blöcher, Martina Unterländer, Christoph Leuenberger, Çiler Çilingiroğlu, Barbara Horejs, Fokke Gerritsen, Stephen Shennan, Daniel G. Bradley, Mathias Currat, Krishna R. Veeramah, Daniel Wegmann, Mark G. Thomas, Christina Papageorgopoulou, Joachim Burger
bioRxiv 032763; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/032763
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Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans
Zuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer, Garrett Hellenthal, Christian Sell, Yoan Diekmann, David Díez-del-Molino, Lucy van Dorp, Saioa López, Athanasios Kousathanas, Vivian Link, Karola Kirsanow, Lara M. Cassidy, Rui Martiniano, Melanie Strobel, Amelie Scheu, Kostas Kotsakis, Paul Halstead, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, Dushanka-Christina Urem-Kotsou, Christina Ziota, Fotini Adaktylou, Shyamalika Gopalan, Dean M. Bobo, Laura Winkelbach, Jens Blöcher, Martina Unterländer, Christoph Leuenberger, Çiler Çilingiroğlu, Barbara Horejs, Fokke Gerritsen, Stephen Shennan, Daniel G. Bradley, Mathias Currat, Krishna R. Veeramah, Daniel Wegmann, Mark G. Thomas, Christina Papageorgopoulou, Joachim Burger
bioRxiv 032763; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/032763

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