Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe.

ABSTRACT: Archaeogenetic studies have described two main genetic turnover events in prehistoric western Eurasia: one associated with the spread of farming and a sedentary lifestyle starting around 7000-6000 BC (refs. ^1-3) and a second with the expansion of pastoralist groups from the Eurasian steppes starting around 3300 BC (refs. ^4,5). The period between these events saw new economies emerging on the basis of key innovations, including metallurgy, wheel and wagon and horse domestication^6-9. However, what happened between the demise of the Copper Age settlements around 4250 BC and the expansion of pastoralists remains poorly understood. To address this question, we analysed genome-wide data from 135 ancient individuals from the contact zone between southeastern Europ

SUBMITTER: Penske S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412445 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature