Ancient DNA reveals male diffusion through the Neolithic Mediterranean route
2011/05/31 by Marie Lacan, Christine Keyser, François‐Xavier Ricaut +5 · 183 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Arts and Humanities · #Forensic and Genetic Research #Race, Genetics, and Society #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Ancient DNA #Context (archaeology) #Period (music) #Mediterranean climate #Gene pool #Geography #Biology #Archaeology #Haplotype #Evolutionary biology #Allele #Genetics #Demography #Population #Genetic diversity #Gene
paper · open access · doi:10.1073/pnas.1100723108
published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(24), 9788-9791 (National Academy of Sciences)
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Abstract
The Neolithic is a key period in the history of the European settlement. Although archaeological and present-day genetic data suggest several hypotheses regarding the human migration patterns at this period, validation of these hypotheses with the use of ancient genetic data has been limited. In this context, we studied DNA extracted from 53 individuals buried in a necropolis used by a French local community 5,000 y ago. The relatively good DNA preservation of the samples allowed us to obtain autosomal, Y-chromosomal, and/or mtDNA data for 29 of the 53 samples studied. From these datasets, we established close parental relationships within the necropolis and determined maternal and paternal lineages as well as the absence of an allele associated with lactase persistence, probably carried by Neolithic cultures of central Europe. Our study provides an integrative view of the genetic past in southern France at the end of the Neolithic period. Furthermore, the Y-haplotype lineages characterized and the study of their current repartition in European populations confirm a greater influence of the Mediterranean than the Central European route in the peopling of southern Europe during the Neolithic transition.
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