Investigating Holocene human population history in North Asia using ancient mitogenomes.

ABSTRACT: Archaeogenomic studies have largely elucidated human population history in West Eurasia during the Stone Age. However, despite being a broad geographical region of significant cultural and linguistic diversity, little is known about the population history in North Asia. We present complete mitochondrial genome sequences together with stable isotope data for 41 serially sampled ancient individuals from North Asia, dated between c.13,790 BP and c.1,380 BP extending from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. Analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences and haplogroup data of these individuals revealed the highest genetic affinity to present-day North Asian populations of the same geographical region suggesting a possible long-term maternal genetic continuity in the region. We observed a decrease in ge

SUBMITTER: Kılınc GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5997703 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature