[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in human mobility patterns in Holocene Southwest Asia and the East Mediterranean

D Koptekin, E Yüncü, R Rodríguez-Varela, NE Altınışık… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
We present a spatiotemporal picture of human genetic diversity in Anatolia, Iran, Levant,
South Caucasus, and the Aegean, a broad region that experienced the earliest Neolithic …

Ancient Yersinia pestis and salmonella enterica genomes from bronze age Crete

GU Neumann, E Skourtanioti, M Burri, EA Nelson… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
During the late 3 rd millennium BCE, the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East witnessed
societal changes in many regions, which are usually explained with a combination of social …

[HTML][HTML] The South Caucasus from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic: Intersection of the genetic and archaeological data

C Chataigner - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The genomic characterisation of human remains and the study of archaeological
assemblages are complementary keys to understanding the evolution of ancient human …

Demographic history and genetic variation of the Armenian population

A Hovhannisyan, PM Delser, A Hakobyan… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
We introduce a sizable (n= 34) whole-genome dataset on Armenians, a population
inhabiting the region in West Asia known as the Armenian highlands. Equipped with this …

Genetic history of Calabrian Greeks reveals ancient events and long term isolation in the Aspromonte area of Southern Italy

S Sarno, R Petrilli, P Abondio, A De Giovanni… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Calabrian Greeks are an enigmatic population that have preserved and evolved a unique
variety of language, Greco, survived in the isolated Aspromonte mountain area of Southern …

Testing times: disentangling admixture histories in recent and complex demographies using ancient DNA

MP Williams, P Flegontov, R Maier, CD Huber - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Our knowledge of human evolutionary history has been greatly advanced by
paleogenomics. Since the 2020s, the study of ancient DNA has increasingly focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Ancient genomes illuminate Eastern Arabian population history and adaptation against malaria

R Martiniano, M Haber, MA Almarri, V Mattiangeli… - Cell genomics, 2024 - cell.com
The harsh climate of Arabia has posed challenges in generating ancient DNA from the
region, hindering the direct examination of ancient genomes for understanding the …

Human Y chromosome haplogroup L1-M22 traces Neolithic expansion in West Asia and supports the Elamite and Dravidian connection

AK Pathak, H Simonian, IAA Ibrahim, P Hrechdakian… - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
Summary West and South Asian populations profoundly influenced Eurasian genetic and
cultural diversity. We investigate the genetic history of the Y chromosome haplogroup L1 …

[HTML][HTML] The food culture of the Iron Age nomadic elite from the 'Valley of the Kings' in Tuva: radiocarbon dating, stable carbon and nitrogen analysis of the Chinge Tey …

L Oleszczak, D Pokutta, K Chugunov… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Subsistence strategies of Eurasian pastoral populations have been broadly studied in the
archaeological literature. The'Valley of the Kings' in Tuva, Russia, has captivated …

Long-distance exchanges along the Black Sea coast in the Eneolithic and the steppe genetic ancestry problem

A Nikitin, S Ivanova - 2022 - cambridge.org
The appearance of steppe genetic ancestry in Europe in the 3rd millennium BCE coincided
with the beginning of a new cultural and economic era dominated by pastoralist economy …