Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers
March 9, 2023
With the largest dataset of prehistoric European hunter-gatherer genomes ever generated, an international research team has rewritten the genetic history of Europe’s human ancestors. This study was led by researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Peking University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, in collaboration with 125 international scientists including The University of New Mexico Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Lawrence Straus.
The results Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers were published recently in the journal Nature. The team analyzed the genomes of 356 prehistoric hunter-gatherers from different archaeological cultures, including new data sets of 116 individuals from 14 different European and Central Asian countries.
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