Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent

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We sequenced Early Neolithic genomes from the Zagros region of Iran (eastern Fertile Crescent), where some of the earliest evidence for farming is found, and identify a previously uncharacterized population that is neither ancestral to the first European farmers nor has contributed significantly to the ancestry of modern Europeans. These people are estimated to have separated from Early Neolithic farmers in Anatolia some 51- 77,000 years ago and show affinities to modern day Pakistani and Afghan populations, but particularly to Iranian Zoroastrians. We conclude that multiple, genetically differentiated hunter-gatherer populations adopted farming in SW-Asia, that components of pre-Neolithic population structure were preserved as farming spread into neighboring regions, and that the Zagros region was the cradle of eastward expansion.

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Authors/Creators:	Broushaki, Farnaz Thomas, Mark G. Link, Vivian López, Saioa van Dorp, Lucy Kirsanow, Karola Hofmanová, Zuzana Diekmann, Yoan M. Cassidy, Lara Díez-del-Molino, David Kousathanas, Athanasios Sell, Christian Robson, Harry Kenneth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4850-692X Martiniano, Rui Blöcher, Jens Scheu, Amelie Kreutzer, Susanne Bollongino, Ruth Bobo, Dean Davudi, Hossein Munoz, Olivia Currat, Mathias Abdi, Kamyar Biglari, Fereidoun Craig, Oliver Edward https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-8402 G Bradley, Daniel Shennan, Stephen R Veeramah, Krishna Mashkour, Marjan Wegmann, Daniel Hellenthal, Garrett Burger, Joachim
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	Copyright 2016 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; all rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details.
Dates:	Published: 14 July 2016 Accepted: 7 July 2016
Institution:	The University of York
Academic Units:	The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York)
Depositing User:	Pure (York)
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2016 14:56
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2024 13:11
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7943
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1126/science.aaf7943
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:103230

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