A novel lineage of the Capra genus discovered in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey using ancient genomics

• DOI: 10.7554/elife.82984
• Publication Date: 2022-10-03T10:18:24Z
• Authors: Kevin G Daly; Benjamin S Arbuckle; Conor Rossi; Valeria Mattiangeli; Phoebe A Lawlor; Marjan Mashkour; Eberhard Sauer; Joséphine Lesur; Levent Atici; Cevdet Merih Erek; Daniel G Bradley
• Keywords: Lineage (genetic); Capra

Direkli Cave, located in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey, was occupied by Late Epipaleolithic hunters-gatherers for seasonal hunting and processing game including large numbers wild goats. We report genomic data from new published