The genomic history of the Aegean palatial civilizations.

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Title
The genomic history of the Aegean palatial civilizations.
Journal
Cell
Author(s)
Clemente F., Unterländer M., Dolgova O., Amorim CEG, Coroado-Santos F., Neuenschwander S., Ganiatsou E., Cruz Dávalos D.I., Anchieri L., Michaud F., Winkelbach L., Blöcher J., Arizmendi Cárdenas Y.O., Sousa da Mota B., Kalliga E., Souleles A., Kontopoulos I., Karamitrou-Mentessidi G., Philaniotou O., Sampson A., Theodorou D., Tsipopoulou M., Akamatis I., Halstead P., Kotsakis K., Urem-Kotsou D., Panagiotopoulos D., Ziota C., Triantaphyllou S., Delaneau O., Jensen J.D., Moreno-Mayar J.V., Burger J., Sousa V.C., Lao O., Malaspinas A.S., Papageorgopoulou C.
ISSN
1097-4172 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0092-8674
Publication state
Published
Issued date
13/05/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
184
Number
10
Pages
2565-2586.e21
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The Cycladic, the Minoan, and the Helladic (Mycenaean) cultures define the Bronze Age (BA) of Greece. Urbanism, complex social structures, craft and agricultural specialization, and the earliest forms of writing characterize this iconic period. We sequenced six Early to Middle BA whole genomes, along with 11 mitochondrial genomes, sampled from the three BA cultures of the Aegean Sea. The Early BA (EBA) genomes are homogeneous and derive most of their ancestry from Neolithic Aegeans, contrary to earlier hypotheses that the Neolithic-EBA cultural transition was due to massive population turnover. EBA Aegeans were shaped by relatively small-scale migration from East of the Aegean, as evidenced by the Caucasus-related ancestry also detected in Anatolians. In contrast, Middle BA (MBA) individuals of northern Greece differ from EBA populations in showing ∼50% Pontic-Caspian Steppe-related ancestry, dated at ca. 2,600-2,000 BCE. Such gene flow events during the MBA contributed toward shaping present-day Greek genomes.
Keywords
Anatolia, Bronze Age, Cycladic civilization, Greece, Helladic civilization, Minoan civilization, Mycenean civilization, ancient DNA, paleogenomics, population genetics
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