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Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent
- Farnaz Broushaki1,
- Mark G. Thomas2,
- Vivian Link3,4,
- Saioa López2,
- Lucy van Dorp2,
- Karola Kirsanow1,
- Zuzana Hofmanová1,
- Yoan Diekmann2,
- Lara M. Cassidy5,
- David Díez-del-Molino2,6,
- Athanasios Kousathanas3,4,7,
- Christian Sell1,
- Harry K. Robson8,
- Rui Martiniano5,
- Jens Blöcher1,
- Amelie Scheu1,5,
- Susanne Kreutzer1,
- Ruth Bollongino1,
- Dean Bobo9,
- Hossein Davoudi10,
- Olivia Munoz11,
- Mathias Currat12,
- Kamyar Abdi13,
- Fereidoun Biglari14,
- Oliver E. Craig8,
- Daniel G. Bradley5,
- Stephen Shennan15,
- Krishna R. Veeramah9,
- Marjan Mashkour16,
- Daniel Wegmann3,4,*,†,
- Garrett Hellenthal2,*,†,
- Joachim Burger1,*,†
- 1Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
- 2Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
- 3Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
- 4Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 5Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- 6Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 7Unit of Human Evolutionary Genetics, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
- 8BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK.
- 9Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA.
- 10Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
- 11UMR 7041 ArScAn-VEPMO, Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, 21 allée de l’Université, 92023 Nanterre, France.
- 12Department of Genetics and Evolution–Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
- 13Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, University of California–lrvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3370, USA.
- 14Paleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran, 113617111, Tehran, Iran.
- 15Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, UK.
- 16CNRS/MNHN/SUs–UMR 7209, Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: jburger{at}uni-mainz.de (J.B.); g.hellenthal{at}ucl.ac.uk (G.H.); daniel.wegmann{at}unifr.ch (D.W.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science 29 Jul 2016:
Vol. 353, Issue 6298, pp. 499-503
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7943
Vol. 353, Issue 6298, pp. 499-503
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7943
Farnaz Broushaki
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Mark G. Thomas
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Vivian Link
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Saioa López
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Lucy van Dorp
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Karola Kirsanow
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Zuzana Hofmanová
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Yoan Diekmann
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Lara M. Cassidy
Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
David Díez-del-Molino
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden.
Athanasios Kousathanas
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.Unit of Human Evolutionary Genetics, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
Christian Sell
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Harry K. Robson
BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK.
Rui Martiniano
Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Jens Blöcher
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Amelie Scheu
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Susanne Kreutzer
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Ruth Bollongino
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Dean Bobo
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA.
Hossein Davoudi
Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Olivia Munoz
UMR 7041 ArScAn-VEPMO, Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, 21 allée de l’Université, 92023 Nanterre, France.
Mathias Currat
Department of Genetics and Evolution–Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Kamyar Abdi
Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, University of California–lrvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3370, USA.
Fereidoun Biglari
Paleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran, 113617111, Tehran, Iran.
Oliver E. Craig
BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK.
Daniel G. Bradley
Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Stephen Shennan
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, UK.
Krishna R. Veeramah
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA.
Marjan Mashkour
CNRS/MNHN/SUs–UMR 7209, Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
Daniel Wegmann
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Garrett Hellenthal
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Joachim Burger
Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
