Koban culture genome-wide and archeological data open the bridge between Bronze and Iron Ages in the North Caucasus.

ABSTRACT: The North Caucasus played a key role during the ancient colonization of Eurasia and the formation of its cultural and genetic ancestry. Previous archeogenetic studies described a relative genetic and cultural continuity of ancient Caucasus societies, since the Eneolithic period. The Koban culture, which formed in the Late Bronze Age on the North Caucasian highlands, is considered as a cultural "bridge" between the ancient and modern autochthonous peoples of the Caucasus. Here, we discuss the place of this archeological culture and its representatives in the genetic orbit of Caucasian cultures using genome-wide SNP data from five individuals of the Koban culture and one individual of the early Alanic culture as well as previously published genomic data of ancient and modern North Caucasus i

SUBMITTER: Sharko FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576754 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature