Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.

ABSTRACT: Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years^1,2. Our knowledge of the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to the scarceness and poor molecular preservation of human remains from that period³. Here we analyse 356 ancient hunter-gatherer genomes, including new genomic data for 116 individuals from 14 countries in western and central Eurasia, spanning between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago. We identify a genetic ancestry profile in individuals associated with Upper Palaeolithic Gravettian assemblages from western Europe that is distinct from contemporaneous groups related to this archaeological culture in central and southern Europe⁴, but resembles that of preceding individuals associated with t

SUBMITTER: Posth C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977688 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature