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A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia

Lazaridis, Iosif, Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul, Acar, Ayse, Acikko, Aysen, Agelarakis, Anagnostis, Aghikyan, Levon, Akyuz, Ugur, Andreeva, Desislava, Andrijasevic, Gojko, Antonovic, Dragana, Armit, Ian, Atmaca, Alper, Avetisyan, Pavel, Aytek, Ahmet Ihsan, Bacvarov, Krum, Badalyan, Ruben, Bakardzhiev, Stefan, Balen, Jacqueline, Bejko, Lorenc, Bernardos, Rebecca, Bertsatos, Andreas, Biber, Hanifi, Bilir, Ahmet, Bodruzic, Mario, Bonogofsky, Michelle, Bonsall, Clive, Boric, Dusan, Borovinic, Nikola, Morante, Guillermo Bravo, Buttinger, Katharina, Callan, Kim, Candilio, Francesca, Caric, Mario, Cheronet, Olivia, Chohadzhiev, Stefan, Chovalopoulou, Maria-Eleni, Chryssoulaki, Stella, Ciobanu, Ion, Condic, Natalija, Constantinescu, Mihai, Cristiani, Emanuela, Culleton, Brendan J., Curtis, Elizabeth, Davis, Jack, Demcenco, Tatiana, I, Dergachev, Valentin, Derin, Zafer, Deskaj, Sylvia, Devejyan, Seda, Djordjevic, Vojislav, Carlson, Kellie Sara Duffett, Eccles, Laurie R., Elenski, Nedko, Engin, Atilla, Erdogan, Nihat, Erir-Pazarci, Sabiha, Fernandes, Daniel M., Ferry, Matthew, Freilich, Suzanne, Frinculeasa, Alin, Galaty, Michael L., Gamarra, Beatriz, Gasparyan, Boris, Gaydarska, Bisserka, Genc, Elif, Gultekin, Timur, Gunduz, Serkan, Hajdu, Tamas, Heyd, Volker, Hobosyan, Suren, Hovhannisyan, Nelli, Iliev, Iliya, Iliev, Lora, Iliev, Stanislav, Ivgin, Ilkay, Jankovic, Ivor, Jovanova, Lence, Karkanas, Panagiotis, Kavaz-Kindigili, Berna, Kaya, Esra Hilal, Keating, Denise, Kennett, Douglas J., Kesici, Seda Deniz, Khudaverdyan, Anahit, Kiss, Krisztian, Kilic, Sinan, Klostermann, Paul, Valdes, Sinem Kostak Boca Negra, Kovacevic, Sasa, Krenz-Niedbala, Marta, Skrivanko, Maja Krznaric, Kurti, Rovena, Kuzman, Pasko, Lawson, Ann Marie, Lazar, Catalin, Leshtakov, Krassimir, Levy, Thomas E., Liritzis, Ioannis, Lorentz, Kirsi O., Lukasik, Sylwia, Mah, Matthew, Mallick, Swapan, Mandl, Kirsten, Martirosyan-Olshansky, Kristine, Matthews, Roger, Matthews, Wendy, McSweeney, Kathleen, Melikyan, Varduhi, Micco, Adam, Michel, Megan, Milasinovic, Lidija, Mittnik, Alissa, Monge, Janet M., Nekhrizov, Georgi, Nicholls, Rebecca, Nikitin, Alexey G., Nikolov, Vassil, Novak, Mario, Olalde, Inigo, Oppenheimer, Jonas, Osterholtz, Anna, Ozdemir, Celal, Ozdogan, Kadir Toykan, Ozturk, Nurettin, Papadimitriou, Nikos, Papakonstantinou, Niki, Papathanasiou, Anastasia, Paraman, Lujana, Paskary, Evgeny G., Patterson, Nick, Petrakiev, Ilian, Petrosyan, Levon, Petrova, Vanya, Philippa-Touchais, Anna, Piliposyan, Ashot, Kuzman, Nada Pocuca, Potrebica, Hrvoje, Preda-Balanica, Bianca, Premuzic, Zrinka, Price, T. Douglas, Qiu, Lijun, Radovic, Sinisa, Aziz, Kamal Raeuf, Sikanjic, Petra Rajic, Raheem, Kamal Rasheed, Razumov, Sergei, Richardson, Amy, Roodenberg, Jacob, Ruka, Rudenc, Russeva, Victoria, Sahin, Mustafa, Sarbak, Aysegul, Savas, Emre, Schattke, Constanze, Schepartz, Lynne, Selcuk, Tayfun, Sevim-Erol, Ayla, Shamoon-Pour, Michel, Shephard, Henry M., Sideris, Athanasios, Simalcsik, Angela, Simonyan, Hakob, Sinika, Vitalij, Sirak, Kendra, Sirbu, Ghenadie, Slaus, Mario, Soficaru, Andrei, Sogut, Bilal, Sotysiak, Arkadiusz, Sonmez-Sozer, Cilem, Stathi, Maria, Steskal, Martin, Stewardson, Kristin, Stocker, Sharon, Suata-Alpaslan, Fadime, Suvorov, Alexander, Szecsenyi-Nagy, Anna, Szeniczey, Tamas, Telnov, Nikolai, Temov, Strahil, Todorova, Nadezhda, Tota, Ulsi, Touchais, Gilles, Triantaphyllou, Sevi, Turker, Atila, Ugarkovic, Marina, Valchev, Todor, Veljanovska, Fanica, Videvski, Zlatko, Virag, Cristian, Wagner, Anna, Walsh, Sam, Wodarczak, Piotr, Workman, J. Noah, Yardumian, Aram, Yarovoy, Evgenii, Yavuz, Alper Yener, Yilmaz, Hakan, Zalzala, Fatma, Zettl, Anna, Zhang, Zhao, Cavusoglu, Rafet, Rohland, Nadin, Pinhasi, Ron, Reich, David

Abstract

Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from the general population and included both people with some steppe ancestry and others, like the Griffin Warrior, without it. Similarly, people in the central area of the Urartian Kingdom around Lake Van lacked the steppe ancestry characteristic of the kingdom's northern provinces. Anatolia exhibited extraordinary continuity down to the Roman and Byzantine periods, with its people serving as the demographic core of much of the Roman Empire, including the city of Rome itself. During medieval times, migrations associated with Slavic and Turkic speakers profoundly affected the region.

Keywords
GENOMIC HISTORY ADMIXTURE LANGUAGES SELECTION HAIR SKIN DNA EYE
WoS Categories
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Journal
SCIENCE
Year
2022
Volume
377
Issue
6609
Pages
940-+
ISSN
0036-8075
eISSN
1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.abq0755
WoS UID
WOS:000849788200030
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