@article{Lazaridis:2016:10.1038/nature19310,
author = {Lazaridis, I and Nadel, D and Rollefson, G and Merrett, DC and Rohland, N and Mallick, S and Fernandes, D and Novak, M and Gamarra, B and Sirak, K and Connell, S and Stewardson, K and Harney, E and Fu, Q and Gonzalez-Fortes, G and Jones, ER and Roodenberg, SA and Lengyel, G and Bocquentin, F and Gasparian, B and Monge, JM and Gregg, M and Eshed, V and Mizrahi, AS and Meiklejohn, C and Gerritsen, F and Bejenaru, L and Blüher, M and Campbell, A and Cavalleri, G and Comas, D and Froguel, P and Gilbert, E and Kerr, SM and Kovacs, P and Krause, J and McGettigan, D and Merrigan, M and Merriwether, DA and O'Reilly, S and Richards, MB and Semino, O and Shamoon-Pour, M and Stefanescu, G and Stumvoll, M and Tönjes, A and Torroni, A and Wilson, JF and Yengo, L and Hovhannisyan, NA and Patterson, N and Pinhasi, R and Reich, D},
doi = {10.1038/nature19310},
journal = {Nature},
pages = {419--424},
title = {Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19310},
volume = {536},
year = {2016}
}

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AB  - We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 44 ancient Near Easterners ranging in time between ~12,000 and 1,400 BCE, from Natufian hunter-gatherers to Bronze Age farmers. We show that the earliest populations of the Near East derived around half their ancestry from a 'Basal Eurasian' lineage that had little if any Neanderthal admixture and that separated from other non-African lineages before their separation from each other. The first farmers of the southern Levant (Israel and Jordan) and Zagros Mountains (Iran) were strongly genetically differentiated, and each descended from local hunter-gatherers. By the time of the Bronze Age, these two populations and Anatolian-related farmers had mixed with each other and with the hunter-gatherers of Europe to drastically reduce genetic differentiation. The impact of the Near Eastern farmers extended beyond the Near East: farmers related to those of Anatolia spread westward into Europe; farmers related to those of the Levant spread southward into East Africa; farmers related to those from Iran spread northward into the Eurasian steppe; and people related to both the early farmers of Iran and to the pastoralists of the Eurasian steppe spread eastward into South Asia.
AU  - Lazaridis,I
AU  - Nadel,D
AU  - Rollefson,G
AU  - Merrett,DC
AU  - Rohland,N
AU  - Mallick,S
AU  - Fernandes,D
AU  - Novak,M
AU  - Gamarra,B
AU  - Sirak,K
AU  - Connell,S
AU  - Stewardson,K
AU  - Harney,E
AU  - Fu,Q
AU  - Gonzalez-Fortes,G
AU  - Jones,ER
AU  - Roodenberg,SA
AU  - Lengyel,G
AU  - Bocquentin,F
AU  - Gasparian,B
AU  - Monge,JM
AU  - Gregg,M
AU  - Eshed,V
AU  - Mizrahi,AS
AU  - Meiklejohn,C
AU  - Gerritsen,F
AU  - Bejenaru,L
AU  - Blüher,M
AU  - Campbell,A
AU  - Cavalleri,G
AU  - Comas,D
AU  - Froguel,P
AU  - Gilbert,E
AU  - Kerr,SM
AU  - Kovacs,P
AU  - Krause,J
AU  - McGettigan,D
AU  - Merrigan,M
AU  - Merriwether,DA
AU  - O'Reilly,S
AU  - Richards,MB
AU  - Semino,O
AU  - Shamoon-Pour,M
AU  - Stefanescu,G
AU  - Stumvoll,M
AU  - Tönjes,A
AU  - Torroni,A
AU  - Wilson,JF
AU  - Yengo,L
AU  - Hovhannisyan,NA
AU  - Patterson,N
AU  - Pinhasi,R
AU  - Reich,D
DO  - 10.1038/nature19310
EP  - 424
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0028-0836
SP  - 419
TI  - Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East.
T2  - Nature
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19310
VL  - 536
ER  - 

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