A genomic Neolithic time transect of hunter-farmer admixture in central Poland

• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33067-w
• Publication Date: 2018-10-01T11:39:02Z
• Authors: D. M. Fernandes; D. Strapagiel; P. Borówka; B. Marciniak; E. Żądzińska; K. Sirak; V. Siska; R. Grygiel; J. Carlsson; A. Manica; W. Lorkiewicz; R. Pinhasi
• Keywords: Mesolithic; Pastoralism; Steppe; Ancient DNA

Abstract Ancient DNA genome-wide analyses of Neolithic individuals from central and southern Europe indicate an overall population turnover pattern in which migrating farmers Anatolia the Near East largely replaced autochthonous Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. However, genetic history transition areas lying north European core region involved different levels admixture with Here we analyse data 17 spanning Middle to Early Bronze Age (4300-1900 BCE) order assess north-central Poland, local impacts hunter-farmer contacts Late steppe migrations. We evaluate influence these on populations if how they change through time, reporting evidence recurrent over three millennia, co-existence unadmixed hunter-gatherers as late 4300 BCE. During report appearance ancestry, but a lesser scale than previously described for other regions, stronger affinities pastoralists. These results help understand palaeogenomics another area, Kuyavia, highlight complexity interactions during those times.