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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years
Science, Volume 363, No. 6432, Year 2019
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We assembled genome-wide data from 271 ancient Iberians, of whom 176 are from the largely unsampled period after 2000 BCE, thereby providing a high-resolution time transect of the Iberian Peninsula. We document high genetic substructure between northwestern and southeastern hunter-gatherers before the spread of farming. We reveal sporadic contacts between Iberia and North Africa by ~2500 BCE and, by ~2000 BCE, the replacement of 40% of Iberia's ancestry and nearly 100% of its Y-chromosomes by people with Steppe ancestry. We show that, in the Iron Age, Steppe ancestry had spread not only into Indo-European-speaking regions but also into non-Indo-European-speaking ones, and we reveal that present-day Basques are best described as a typical Iron Age population without the admixture events that later affected the rest of Iberia. Additionally, we document how, beginning at least in the Roman period, the ancestry of the peninsula was transformed by gene flow from North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. © 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Olalde, Iñigo
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Mallick, Swapan
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patterson, Nick J.
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rohland, Nadin
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa
Germany, Jena
Max-planck-institut Für Menschheitsgeschichte
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Silva, Marina Soares Da
United Kingdom, Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Dulias, Katharina
United Kingdom, Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Edwards, Ceiridwen J.
United Kingdom, Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Gandini, Francesca
United Kingdom, Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Pala, Maria
United Kingdom, Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Soares, Pedro A.
Portugal, Braga
Universidade do Minho
Adamski, Nicole
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Cheronet, Olivia
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Culleton, Brendan J.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Fernandes, Daniel M.
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Portugal, Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra
Lawson, Ann Marie
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Mah, Matthew
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oppenheimer, Jonas
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Stewardson, Kristin
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel
Spain, Granada
Universidad de Granada
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Salazar-García, Domingo C.
Spain, Bilbao
Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science
Lozano, Marina
Spain, Tarragona
Instituto Catalán de Paleoecología Humana y Evolución Social
Spain, Tarragona
Universitat Rovira I Virgili
Borja, Pablo García
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
Barroso, Cecilio
Unknown Affiliation
Cebrià, Artur
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Fullola, J. M.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
García Puchol, Oreto
Spain, Valencia
Universitat de València
Morales, Juan I.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Oms, F. Xavier
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Vergès, Josep María
Spain, Tarragona
Instituto Catalán de Paleoecología Humana y Evolución Social
Spain, Tarragona
Universitat Rovira I Virgili
Moreno-Márquez, Adolfo
Spain, Cadiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Spain, Almeria
Universidad de Almería
Ramos-García, Pablo
Spain, Granada
Universidad de Granada
Ramos-Muñoz, José
Spain, Cadiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Vijande-Vila, Eduardo
Spain, Cadiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis B.
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
Finlayson, Clive J.
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
University of Gibraltar
Finlayson, Geraldine
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
University of Gibraltar
Finlayson, Stewart
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Anglia Ruskin University
Rosas, Antonio
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Barciela González, Virginia Barciela
Spain, Alicante
Universitat D'alacant
García Atiénzar, Gabriel
Spain, Alicante
Universitat D'alacant
Hernández Pérez, Mauro S.
Spain, Alicante
Universitat D'alacant
Marco, Yolanda Carrión
Spain, Valencia
Universitat de València
Daura, Joan
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Sanz, Montserrat
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Kennett, Douglas J.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
United States, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Richards, Martin B.
United Kingdom, Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Alt, Kurt Werner
Austria, Krems an Der Donau
Danube Private University Dpu
Switzerland, Basel
Universitat Basel
Haak, Wolfgang
Germany, Jena
Max-planck-institut Für Menschheitsgeschichte
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Pinhasi, Ron
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Lalueza-Fox, Carles
Spain, Barcelona
Csic-upf - Instituto de Biologia Evolutiva Ibe
Reich, David E.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Statistics
Citations: 256
Authors: 53
Affiliations: 43
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1126/science.aav4040
ISSN:
00368075
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries