Out-of-Anatolia: cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean
Dilek Koptekin
(1)
,
Ayça Aydoğan
,
Cansu Karamurat
,
N. Ezgi Altınışık
,
Kıvılcım Başak Vural
,
D. Deniz Kazancı
,
Ayça Küçükakdağ Doğu
,
Damla Kaptan
,
Hasan Can Gemici
,
Eren Yüncü
,
Gülsün Umurtak
,
Refik Duru
,
Erkan Fidan
,
Özlem Çevik
(2)
,
Burçin Erdoğu
,
Taner Korkut
,
Christopher Knüsel
(3)
,
Scott Haddow
(3)
,
Clark Spencer Larsen
(4)
,
Rana Özbal
,
Fokke Gerritsen
,
Eylem Özdoğan
,
Uygar Ozan Usanmaz
,
Yasin Cemre Derici
,
Mine Uçmazoğlu
(2)
,
Flora Jay
(5, 6)
,
Mehmet Özdoğan
,
Anders Götherström
(7)
,
Yılmaz Selim Erdal
,
Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas
,
Çiğdem Atakuman
,
Füsun Özer
,
Mehmet Somel
1
SIB -
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics [Lausanne]
2 Department of Archaeology, Trakya University, Edirne
3 PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
4 OSU - The Ohio State University [Columbus]
5 BioInfo - BioInformatique - LISN
6 TAU - TAckling the Underspecified
7 CPG - Centre for Palaeogenetics
2 Department of Archaeology, Trakya University, Edirne
3 PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
4 OSU - The Ohio State University [Columbus]
5 BioInfo - BioInformatique - LISN
6 TAU - TAckling the Underspecified
7 CPG - Centre for Palaeogenetics
Dilek Koptekin
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Ayça Aydoğan
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Cansu Karamurat
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N. Ezgi Altınışık
- Function : Author
Kıvılcım Başak Vural
- Function : Author
D. Deniz Kazancı
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Ayça Küçükakdağ Doğu
- Function : Author
Damla Kaptan
- Function : Author
Hasan Can Gemici
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Eren Yüncü
- Function : Author
Gülsün Umurtak
- Function : Author
Refik Duru
- Function : Author
Erkan Fidan
- Function : Author
Burçin Erdoğu
- Function : Author
Taner Korkut
- Function : Author
Rana Özbal
- Function : Author
Fokke Gerritsen
- Function : Author
Eylem Özdoğan
- Function : Author
Uygar Ozan Usanmaz
- Function : Author
Yasin Cemre Derici
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Flora Jay
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Mehmet Özdoğan
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Yılmaz Selim Erdal
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Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas
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Çiğdem Atakuman
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Füsun Özer
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Mehmet Somel
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Abstract
Abstract Western Anatolia has been a crucial yet elusive element in the Neolithic expansion from the Fertile Crescent to Europe. Using 30 new palaeogenomes from Anatolia c.8000-6000 BCE we describe the early Holocene genetic landscape of Western Anatolia, which reveals population continuity since the late Upper Pleistocene. Our findings indicate that the Neolithisation of Western Anatolia in the 7 th millennium BCE was a multifaceted process, characterised by the assimilation of Neolithic practices by indigenous groups and the influx of populations from the east, their admixed descendants eventually laying the foundations of Neolithic Southeast Europe. Intriguingly, the observed diversity in material culture among Aegean Early Neolithic communities correlates with their geographical distances but not their genetic differences, signifying a decoupling between cultural developments and genetic admixture processes.