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Sci Adv. 2021 Aug 25;7(35). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abi6941. Print 2021 Aug.

Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe.

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Luka Papac, Michal Ernée, Miroslav Dobeš, Michaela Langová, Adam B Rohrlach, Franziska Aron, Gunnar U Neumann, Maria A Spyrou, Nadin Rohland, Petr Velemínský, Martin Kuna, Hana Brzobohatá, Brendan Culleton, David Daněček, Alžběta Danielisová, Miluše Dobisíková, Josef Hložek, Douglas J Kennett, Jana Klementová, Michal Kostka, Petr Krištuf, Milan Kuchařík, Jana Kuljavceva Hlavová, Petr Limburský, Drahomíra Malyková, Lucia Mattiello, Monika Pecinovská, Katarína Petriščáková, Erika Průchová, Petra Stránská, Lubor Smejtek, Jaroslav Špaček, Radka Šumberová, Ondřej Švejcar, Martin Trefný, Miloš Vávra, Jan Kolář, Volker Heyd, Johannes Krause, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich, Stephan Schiffels, Wolfgang Haak

Affiliations

  1. Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany. [email protected] [email protected].
  2. Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Letenská 4, Prague 1, CZ 118 01, Czech Republic.
  3. Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany.
  4. ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers, School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
  5. Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  6. Department of Anthropology, The National Museum, Prague, Cirkusová 1740, Prague 9, Horní Po?ernice, CZ 193 00, Czech Republic.
  7. Institutes of Energy and the Environments, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
  8. Central Bohemian Museum in Roztoky u Prahy, Zámek 1, Roztoky, CZ 252 63, Czech Republic.
  9. Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Sedlá?kova 38, Pilsen, CZ 301 00, Czech Republic.
  10. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
  11. The City of Prague Museum, Kožná 1/475, Prague 1, CZ 110 00, Czech Republic.
  12. Labrys o.p.s., Hloub?tínská 16/11, Prague 9, CZ 198 00, Czech Republic.
  13. Institute of Preservation of Archaeological Heritage of Northwest Bohemia, Jana Žižky 835, Most, CZ 434 01, Czech Republic.
  14. Central Bohemian Archaeological Heritage Institute, Nad Olšinami 3/448, Prague 10, CZ 100 00, Czech Republic.
  15. Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of South Bohemia in ?eské Bud?jovice, Branišovská 31a, CZ 370 05, ?eské Bud?jovice, Czech Republic.
  16. The Municipal Museum in ?elákovice (formerly), Komenského 1646, ?elákovice, CZ 250 88, Czech Republic (private).
  17. Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen/Nürnberg, Kochstrasse 4/18, DE 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
  18. Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lidická 25/27, Brno 60200, Czech Republic.
  19. Institute of Archaeology and Museology, Masaryk University, Arne Nováka 1, Brno 60200, Czech Republic.
  20. Department of Cultures/Archaeology, P.O. Box 59, Unioninkatu 38, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
  21. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
  22. Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  23. Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  24. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  25. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  26. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

PMID: 34433570 PMCID: PMC8386934 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi6941

Abstract

Europe's prehistory oversaw dynamic and complex interactions of diverse societies, hitherto unexplored at detailed regional scales. Studying 271 human genomes dated ~4900 to 1600 BCE from the European heartland, Bohemia, we reveal unprecedented genetic changes and social processes. Major migrations preceded the arrival of "steppe" ancestry, and at ~2800 BCE, three genetically and culturally differentiated groups coexisted. Corded Ware appeared by 2900 BCE, were initially genetically diverse, did not derive all steppe ancestry from known Yamnaya, and assimilated females of diverse backgrounds. Both Corded Ware and Bell Beaker groups underwent dynamic changes, involving sharp reductions and complete replacements of Y-chromosomal diversity at ~2600 and ~2400 BCE, respectively, the latter accompanied by increased Neolithic-like ancestry. The Bronze Age saw new social organization emerge amid a ≥40% population turnover.

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