Spatially explicit paleogenomic simulations support cohabitation with limited admixture between Bronze Age Central European populations.

ABSTRACT: The Bronze Age is a complex period of social, cultural and economic changes. Recent paleogenomic studies have documented a large and rapid genetic change in early Bronze Age populations from Central Europe. However, the detailed demographic and genetic processes involved in this change are still debated. Here we have used spatially explicit simulations of genomic components to better characterize the demographic and migratory conditions that may have led to this change. We investigated various scenarios representing the expansion of pastoralists from the Pontic steppe, potentially linked to the Yamnaya cultural complex, and their interactions with local populations in Central Europe, considering various eco-evolutionary factors, such as population admixture, competition and long-distance d

SUBMITTER: Rio J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature