Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes.

ABSTRACT: The social organization of the first fully sedentary societies that emerged during the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia remains enigmatic,¹ mainly because material culture studies provide limited insight into this issue. However, because Neolithic Anatolian communities often buried their dead beneath domestic buildings,² household composition and social structure can be studied through these human remains. Here, we describe genetic relatedness among co-burials associated with domestic buildings in Neolithic Anatolia using 59 ancient genomes, including 22 new genomes from Aşıklı Höyük and Çatalhöyük. We infer pedigree relationships by simultaneously analyzing multiple types of information, including autosomal and X chromosome kinship coefficients, maternal markers, a

SUBMITTER: Yaka R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210650 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature