Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine
Abstract The transition to agriculture occurred relatively late in Eastern Europe, leading researchers to debate whether it was a gradual, interactive process or a colonisation event. In the forest and forest-steppe regions of Ukraine, farming appeared during the fifth millennium BCE, associated wit...
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| author | Pere Gelabert Ryan W. Schmidt Daniel M. Fernandes Jordan K. Karsten Thomas K. Harper Gwyn D. Madden Sarah H. Ledogar Mykhailo Sokhatsky Hiroki Oota Douglas J. Kennett Ron Pinhasi |
| author_facet | Pere Gelabert Ryan W. Schmidt Daniel M. Fernandes Jordan K. Karsten Thomas K. Harper Gwyn D. Madden Sarah H. Ledogar Mykhailo Sokhatsky Hiroki Oota Douglas J. Kennett Ron Pinhasi |
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| description | Abstract The transition to agriculture occurred relatively late in Eastern Europe, leading researchers to debate whether it was a gradual, interactive process or a colonisation event. In the forest and forest-steppe regions of Ukraine, farming appeared during the fifth millennium BCE, associated with the Cucuteni-Trypillia cultural complex (CTCC, ~ 5000–3000 BCE). Across Europe, the Neolithisation process was highly variable across space and over time. Here, we investigate the population dynamics of early agriculturalists from the eastern forest-steppe region based on the analyses of 20 ancient genomes from the site of Verteba Cave (3935–825 cal BCE). Results reveal that the CTCC individuals’ ancestry is related to both western hunter-gatherers and Near Eastern farmers, has no local ancestry associated with Ukrainian Neolithic hunter-gatherers and has steppe ancestry. An Early Bronze Age individual has an ancestry profile related to the Yamnaya expansions but with 20% of ancestry related to the other Trypillian individuals, which suggests admixture between the Trypillians and the incoming populations carrying steppe-related ancestry. A Late Bronze Age individual dated to 980–825 cal BCE has a genetic profile indicating affinity to Beaker-related populations, detected close to 1000 years after the end of the Bell Beaker phenomenon during the third millennium BCE. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac1496f702c34bff98380725b32d2f152022-12-22T02:23:50ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-05-0112111210.1038/s41598-022-11117-8Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in UkrainePere Gelabert0Ryan W. Schmidt1Daniel M. Fernandes2Jordan K. Karsten3Thomas K. Harper4Gwyn D. Madden5Sarah H. Ledogar6Mykhailo Sokhatsky7Hiroki Oota8Douglas J. Kennett9Ron Pinhasi10Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of ViennaUniversity of Porto, CIBIO-InBIODepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of ViennaDepartment of Anthropology, Global Religions, and Cultures, University of Wisconsin-OshkoshInstitute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology, State University of New York at BuffaloDepartment of Anthropology, Grand Valley State UniversityDepartment of Archaeology, Classics, and History, University of New EnglandBorschiv Regional Museum of Local LoreDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of TokyoDepartment of Anthropology, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of ViennaAbstract The transition to agriculture occurred relatively late in Eastern Europe, leading researchers to debate whether it was a gradual, interactive process or a colonisation event. In the forest and forest-steppe regions of Ukraine, farming appeared during the fifth millennium BCE, associated with the Cucuteni-Trypillia cultural complex (CTCC, ~ 5000–3000 BCE). Across Europe, the Neolithisation process was highly variable across space and over time. Here, we investigate the population dynamics of early agriculturalists from the eastern forest-steppe region based on the analyses of 20 ancient genomes from the site of Verteba Cave (3935–825 cal BCE). Results reveal that the CTCC individuals’ ancestry is related to both western hunter-gatherers and Near Eastern farmers, has no local ancestry associated with Ukrainian Neolithic hunter-gatherers and has steppe ancestry. An Early Bronze Age individual has an ancestry profile related to the Yamnaya expansions but with 20% of ancestry related to the other Trypillian individuals, which suggests admixture between the Trypillians and the incoming populations carrying steppe-related ancestry. A Late Bronze Age individual dated to 980–825 cal BCE has a genetic profile indicating affinity to Beaker-related populations, detected close to 1000 years after the end of the Bell Beaker phenomenon during the third millennium BCE.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11117-8 |
| spellingShingle | Pere Gelabert Ryan W. Schmidt Daniel M. Fernandes Jordan K. Karsten Thomas K. Harper Gwyn D. Madden Sarah H. Ledogar Mykhailo Sokhatsky Hiroki Oota Douglas J. Kennett Ron Pinhasi Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine Scientific Reports |
| title | Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine |
| title_full | Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine |
| title_short | Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine |
| title_sort | genomes from verteba cave suggest diversity within the trypillians in ukraine |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11117-8 |
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