Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
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Date
2022
Authors
Tiina Mattila
Svensson, Emma
Juras, Anna
Günther, Torsten
Kashuba, Natalija
Ala-Hulkko, Terhi
Chyleński, Maciej
Pospieszny, Łukasz
Constantinescu, Mihai
Rotea, Mihai
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Research Square
Abstract
The genomic landscape of Stone Age Europe was shaped by multiple migratory waves and population
replacements, but different regions do not all show the same patterns. To refine our understanding of
the population dynamics before and after the dawn of the Neolithic, we generated and analyzed genomic
sequence data from human remains of 56 individuals from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Eneolithic
across Central and Eastern Europe. We found that Mesolithic European populations formed a
geographically widespread isolation-by-distance zone ranging from Central Europe to Siberia, which
was already established 10,000 years ago. We also found contrasting patterns of population continuity
during the Neolithic transition: people around the lower Dnipro Valley region, Ukraine, showed
continuity over 4,000 years, from the Mesolithic to the end of Neolithic, in contrast to almost all other
parts of Europe where population turnover drove this cultural change, including vast areas of Central
Europe and around the Danube River.
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Keywords
Stone Age Europe, hunter-gatherers, genetic affinities, article
Citation
Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe / Tiina Mattila, Emma Svensson, ... Inna Potekhina [et al.] // Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe. - 2022. - 27 p. - https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1966812/v1