Journal article
The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe
Nature, Vol.555(7695), pp.190-196
02/21/2018
DOI: 10.1038/nature25738
PMID: 29466337
Abstract
From around 2750 to 2500 bc, Bell Beaker pottery became widespread across western and central Europe, before it disappeared between 2200 and 1800 bc. The forces that propelled its expansion are a matter of long-standing debate, and there is support for both cultural diffusion and migration having a role in this process. Here we present genome-wide data from 400 Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Europeans, including 226 individuals associated with Beaker-complex artefacts. We detected limited genetic affinity between Beaker-complex-associated individuals from Iberia and central Europe, and thus exclude migration as an important mechanism of spread between these two regions. However, migration had a key role in the further dissemination of the Beaker complex. We document this phenomenon most clearly in Britain, where the spread of the Beaker complex introduced high levels of steppe-related ancestry and was associated with the replacement of approximately 90% of Britain's gene pool within a few hundred years, continuing the east-to-west expansion that had brought steppe-related ancestry into central and northern Europe over the previous centuries.
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- Title: Subtitle
- The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe
- Creators
- Iñigo Olalde - Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona]Selina Brace - Egham TW20 0EXMorten AllentoftIan ArmitKristian KristiansenThomas BoothNadin Rohland - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologySwapan Mallick - Harvard School of Public HealthAnna Szécsényi-NagyAlissa Mittnik - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human HistoryEveline AltenaMark Lipson - Harvard School of Public HealthIosif LazaridisThomas HarperNick Patterson - Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardNasreen BroomandkhoshbachtYoan DiekmannZuzana FaltyskovaDaniel Fernandes - School of Archaeology [Dublin]Matthew FerryEadaoin HarneyPeter De Knijff - Center for Human and Clinical GeneticsMegan MichelJonas OppenheimerKristin StewardsonAlistair BarclayKurt Werner AltCorina LiesauPatricia RíosConcepción BlascoJorge Vega MiguelRoberto Menduiña GarcíaAzucena Avilés FernándezEszter BánffyMaria Bernabò-BreaDavid Billoin - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventivesClive BonsallLaura BonsallTim AllenLindsey BüsterSophie CarverLaura NavarroOliver CraigGordon Cook - HaematologyBarry CunliffeAnthony Denaire - Etude des Civilisations de l'AntiquitéKirsten Egging DinwiddyNatasha DodwellMichal ErnéeChristopher Evans - Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral SciencesMilan KuchaříkJoan Francès FarréChris FowlerMichiel Gazenbeek - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventivesRafael Garrido PenaMaría Haber-UriarteElżbieta HaduchGill HeyNick JowettTim KnowlesKen MassySaskia PfrenglePhilippe Lefranc - Etude des Civilisations de l'AntiquitéOlivier Lemercier - Archéologie, Terre, Histoire, Sociétés [Dijon]Arnaud Lefebvre - Université de Rouen NormandieCésar Heras MartínezVirginia Galera OlmoAna Bastida RamírezJoaquín Lomba MaurandiTona MajóJacqueline McKinleyKathleen McSweeneyBalázs Gusztáv Mende - Institute of Archaeology [Budapest]Alessandra ModGabriella KulcsárViktória KissAndrás CzeneRóbert PatayAnna EndrődiKitti Köhler - Institute of Archaeology [Budapest]Tamás HajduTamás SzeniczeyJános DaniZsolt BernertMaya HooleOlivia Cheronet - Department of Anthropology [University of Vienna]Denise KeatingPetr Velemínský - Department of AnthropologyMiroslav DobešFrancesca Candilio - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" [Rome]Fraser BrownRaúl Flores FernándezAna-Mercedes Herrero-CorralSebastiano TusaEmiliano CarnieriLuigi LentiniAntonella ValentiAlessandro ZaniniClive WaddingtonGermán DelibesElisa Guerra-DoceBenjamin NeilMarcus BrittainMike LukeRichard MortimerJocelyne Desideri - Laboratoire d'archéologie préhistorique et anthropologieMarie Besse - Laboratoire d'archéologie préhistorique et anthropologieGünter BrückenMirosław FurmanekAgata Hałuszko - Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu WrocławskiegoMaksym Mackiewicz - Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu WrocławskiegoArtur RapińskiStephany LeachIgnacio SorianoKatina LilliosJoão Luís CardosoMichael Parker PearsonPiotr WłodarczakT. Douglas PricePilar Prieto - Institute for Health and Consumer ProtectionPierre-Jérôme Rey - Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la MontagneRoberto RischManuel Rojo Guerra - Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid]Aurore Schmitt - Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Ethique et SantéJoël Serralongue - Service archéologique de la Haute-SavoieVáclav SmrčkaLuc VergnaudJoão Zilhão - Department of Archaeology and AnthropologyDavid Caramelli - Laboratorio di AntropologiaThomas Higham - Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator UnitThomas ThomasKen KennettHarry FokkensVolker HeyAlison Sheridan - National Museums of ScotlandKarl-Göran SjögrenPhilipp StockhammerJohannes Krause - Department of Archaeogenetics [Jena]Ron Pinhasi - School of ArchaeologyWolfgang HaakIan BarnesCarles Lalueza-Fox - Departament de biologia animalDavid Reich - Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardAna Maria Silva - University of Coimbra
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nature, Vol.555(7695), pp.190-196
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- DOI
- 10.1038/nature25738
- PMID
- 29466337
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- eISSN
- 1476-4679
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/21/2018
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983984524402771
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