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Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia

Lazaridis, Iosif, Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul, Acar, Ayse, Acikkol, Amen, 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, 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, Soltysiak, Arkadiusz, 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, Wlodarczak, 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, Davtyan, Ruben

Abstract

We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these and neighboring populations were formed through admixture of pre-Neolithic sources related to Anatolian, Caucasus, and Levantine hunter-gatherers, forming a Neolithic continuum of ancestry mirroring the geography of West Asia. By analyzing Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic populations of Anatolia, we show that the former were derived from admixture between Mesopotamian-related and local Epipaleolithic-related sources, but the latter experienced additional Levantine-related gene flow, thus documenting at least two pulses of migration from the Fertile Crescent heartland to the early farmers of Anatolia.

Keywords
1ST FARMERS HISTORY GENOMES EUROPE ORIGIN
WoS Categories
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Journal
SCIENCE
Year
2022
Volume
377
Issue
6609
Pages
982-+
ISSN
0036-8075
eISSN
1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.abq0762
WoS UID
WOS:000849788200035
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