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The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe.
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Iosif Lazaridis *Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4094-9347
Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg *Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1536-2931
Ayşe AcarDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Mardin Artuklu University, 47510 Artuklu, Mardin, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-1327-6378
Ayşen AçıkkolDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, 58140 Sivas, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1086-9749
Anagnostis AgelarakisDepartment of History, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA.
Levon AghikyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0002-5537-4144
Uğur AkyüzSamsun Museum of Archeology and Ethnography, Kale Mahallesi, Merkez, İlkadım, 55030 Samsun, Turkey.
Desislava AndreevaIskra Museum of History, 6100 Kazanlak, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-2129-9016
Gojko AndrijaševićHistorical Musem in Kotor, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro.ORCID 0000-0002-9075-2112
Dragana AntonovićInstitute of Archaeology, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-6534-1258
Ian ArmitDepartment of Archaeology, University of York, York YO1 7EP, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8669-3810
Alper AtmacaAmasya Archaeology Museum, Mustafa Kemal Paşa Caddesi, 05000 Amasya, Turkey.
Pavel AvetisyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0002-4469-9517
Ahmet İhsan AytekDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Burdur Mehmet Akif University, 15100 Burdur, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7620-2333
Krum BacvarovNational Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Ruben BadalyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0002-0641-5341
Stefan BakardzhievYambol Regional Historical Museum, 8600 Yambol, Bulgaria.
Jacqueline BalenArchaeological Museum in Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-7770-184X
Lorenc BejkoDepartment of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Tirana, 1010 Tirana, Albania.ORCID 0000-0003-3821-6678
Rebecca BernardosDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4625-3727
Andreas BertsatosDepartment of Animal and Human Physiology, Faculty of Biology, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10679 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8734-5236
Hanifi BiberDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65090 Tuşba, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3719-4120
Ahmet BilirDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Düzce University, 81620 Düzce, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-7493-383X
Mario BodružićStratum Ltd., 21218 Seget Donji, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-8112-5918
Michelle BonogofskyIndependent Researcher, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Clive BonsallSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0243-3232
Dušan BorićThe Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0166-627X
Nikola BorovinićCenter for Conservation and Archaeology of Montenegro, 81250 Cetinje, Montenegro.ORCID 0000-0001-6542-6334
Guillermo Bravo MoranteDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Katharina ButtingerDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Kim CallanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3170-8514
Francesca CandilioServizio di Bioarcheologia, Museo delle Civiltà, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4668-1361
Mario CarićCentre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-4263-6528
Olivia CheronetDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6760-1204
Stefan ChohadzhievDepartment of Archaeology, University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. Cyril and St. Methodius," 5003 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Maria-Eleni ChovalopoulouDepartment of Animal and Human Physiology, Faculty of Biology, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10679 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8187-8031
Stella ChryssoulakiHellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and the Islands, 10682 Piraeus, Greece.
Ion Ciobanu"Orheiul Vechi" Cultural-Natural Reserve, Institute of Bioarchaeological and Ethnocultural Research, 3552 Butuceni, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0002-9890-4010
Natalija ČondićArchaeological Museum in Zadar, 23000 Zadar, Croatia.
Mihai Constantinescu"Francisc I. Rainer" Institute of Anthropology, 050711 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7875-9119
Emanuela CristianiDepartment of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2748-9171
Brendan J CulletonInstitutes of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1200-9531
Elizabeth CurtisDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0263-0765
Jack DavisDepartment of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
Tatiana I DemcencoIndependent Researcher, Aberystwyth SY23 4UH, UK.
Valentin DergachevCenter of Archaeology, Institute of Cultural Heritage, Academy of Science of Moldova, 2001 Chișinău, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0002-6095-2199
Zafer DerinDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0282-0593
Sylvia DeskajMuseum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Seda DevejyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
Vojislav DjordjevićNarodni muzej Pančcevo, 26101 Pančevo, Serbia.
Kellie Sara Duffett CarlsonDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-6608
Laurie R EcclesHuman Paleoecology and Isotope Geochemistry Lab, Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Nedko ElenskiRegional Museum of History - Veliko Tarnovo, 5000 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Atilla EnginDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3165-1562
Nihat ErdoğanMardin Archaeological Museum, Şar, Cumhuriyet Meydanı üstü, 47100 Artuklu, Mardin, Turkey.
Sabiha Erir-PazarcıMuğla İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü, 48000 Muğla, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2806-3874
Daniel M FernandesDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7434-6552
Matthew FerryDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7319-0085
Suzanne FreilichDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0472-6311
Alin FrînculeasaPrahova County Museum of History and Archaeology, 100042 Ploiești, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1694-911X
Michael L GalatyMuseum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7754-8347
Beatriz GamarraInstitut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3764-497X
Boris GasparyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
Bisserka GaydarskaDepartment of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6236-872X
Elif GençDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Çukurova University, 01330 Balçalı-Sarıçam-Adana, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0508-7267
Timur GültekinDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Ankara University, 06100 Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3520-5308
Serkan GündüzDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Bursa Uludağ University, 16059 Görükle, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-8923-8888
Tamás HajduDepartment of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1053 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-3604-1125
Volker HeydDepartment of Cultures, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Suren HobosyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
Nelli HovhannisyanDepartment of Ecology and Nature Protection, Yerevan State University, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0002-9985-1547
Iliya IlievYambol Regional Historical Museum, 8600 Yambol, Bulgaria.
Lora IlievDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4793-9421
Stanislav IlievRegional Museum of History, 6300 Haskovo, Bulgaria.
İlkay İvginMinistry of Culture and Tourism, İsmet İnönü Bulvarı, 06100 Emek, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-8284-5346
Ivor JankovićCentre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-5175-6885
Lence JovanovaMuseum of the City of Skopje, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.
Panagiotis KarkanasMalcolm H. Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 10676 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7156-671X
Berna Kavaz-KındığılıDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Atatürk University, 25100 Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-6643-8852
Esra Hilal KayaMuğla Archaeological Museum and Yatağan Thermal Power Generation Company, Rescue Excavations, 48000 Muğla, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-8853-8072
Denise KeatingDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0900-0245
Douglas J KennettInstitutes of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6144-7365
Seda Deniz KesiciBodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology, Çarşı Neighbourhood, 48400 Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1594-3047
Anahit KhudaverdyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0002-1458-783X
Krisztián KissDepartment of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1053 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-9371-3397
Sinan KılıçDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65090 Tuşba, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3424-4081
Paul KlostermannDepartment of Anthropology, Natural History Museum Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4668-8520
Sinem Kostak Boca Negra ValdesBodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology, Çarşı Neighbourhood, 48400 Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-8333-6121
Saša KovačevićInstitute of Archaeology, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-7197-5994
Marta Krenz-NiedbałaFaculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7420-5621
Maja Krznarić ŠkrivankoMunicipal Museum Vinkovci, 32100 Vinkovci, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-6409-8663
Rovena KurtiPrehistory Department, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Albanian Studies, 1000 Tirana, Albania.
Pasko KuzmanNational Museum in Ohrid, 6000 Ohrid, North Macedonia.ORCID 0000-0003-4477-289X
Ann Marie LawsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0990-2329
Catalin LazarArchaeoSciences Division, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7559-1843
Krassimir LeshtakovDepartment of Archaeology, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Thomas E LevyDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8618-6672
Ioannis LiritzisKey Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development and the Collaborative Innovation Center on Yellow River Civilization of Henan Province, Laboratory of Yellow River Cultural Heritage, Henan University, 475001 Kaifeng, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3079-1336
Kirsi O LorentzScience and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, 2121 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Sylwia ŁukasikFaculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2210-7434
Matthew MahDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8987-6436
Swapan MallickDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Kirsten MandlDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2078-0775
Kristine Martirosyan-OlshanskyCotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1896-9085
Roger MatthewsDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8316-4312
Wendy MatthewsDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7408-6885
Kathleen McSweeneySchool of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6488-2928
Varduhi MelikyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
Adam MiccoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6016-964X
Megan MichelDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5484-7974
Lidija MilašinovićNational Museum of Kikinda, 23300 Kikinda, Serbia.
Alissa MittnikDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6963-4824
Janet M MongeUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4364-6296
Georgi NekhrizovNational Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-0933-7980
Rebecca NichollsSchool of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK.
Alexey G NikitinDepartment of Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3897-4607
Vassil NikolovNational Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Mario NovakCentre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-4567-8742
Iñigo OlaldeDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2660-6807
Jonas OppenheimerDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7973-6173
Anna OsterholtzDepartment of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8437-9147
Celal ÖzdemirAmasya Archaeology Museum, Mustafa Kemal Paşa Caddesi, 05000 Amasya, Turkey.
Kadir Toykan ÖzdoğanDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Nurettin ÖztürkDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Atatürk University, 25100 Erzurum, Turkey.
Nikos PapadimitriouPaul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, 105-55 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2894-7250
Niki PapakonstantinouFaculty of Philosophy, School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6869-645X
Anastasia PapathanasiouEphorate of Paleoantropology and Speleology, Greek Ministry of Culture, 11636 Athens, Greece.
Lujana ParamanTrogir Town Museum, 21220 Trogir, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-8780-5845
Evgeny G PaskaryMoldavian Historic-Geographical Society, 2044 Chișinău, Moldova.
Nick PattersonDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0302-684X
Ilian PetrakievRegional Museum of History - Veliko Tarnovo, 5000 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Levon PetrosyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
Vanya PetrovaDepartment of Archaeology, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-7844-1058
Anna Philippa-TouchaisFrench School of Archaeology at Athens, 10680 Athens, Greece.
Ashot PiliposyanDepartment of Armenian History, Armenian State Pedagogical University After Khachatur Abovyan, 0010 Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0001-7367-5250
Nada Pocuca KuzmanNational Museum in Ohrid, 6000 Ohrid, North Macedonia.ORCID 0000-0003-4477-289X
Hrvoje PotrebicaDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-5474-4254
Bianca Preda-BălănicăDepartment of Cultures, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2956-2336
Zrinka PremužićIndependent Researcher, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
T Douglas PriceLaboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5951-5621
Lijun QiuDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4377-8659
Siniša RadovićInstitute for Quaternary Paleontology and Geology, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-7838-7952
Kamal Raeuf AzizSulaymaniyah Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage, 46010 Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
Petra Rajić ŠikanjićCentre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-7760-5193
Kamal Rasheed RaheemSulaymaniyah Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage, 46010 Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
Sergei RazumovPridnestrovian University named after Taras Shevchenko, 3300 Tiraspol, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0001-6030-9390
Amy RichardsonDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7376-8948
Jacob RoodenbergThe Netherlands Institute for the Near East, 2311 Leiden, Netherlands.
Rudenc RukaPrehistory Department, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Albanian Studies, 1000 Tirana, Albania.
Victoria RussevaInstitute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Archeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Science, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-8998-6782
Mustafa ŞahinDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Bursa Uludağ University, 16059 Görükle, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-5153-1918
Ayşegül ŞarbakDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Hitit University, 19040 Çorum, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3199-1612
Emre SavaşBodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology, Çarşı Neighbourhood, 48400 Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-3806-8399
Constanze SchattkeDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Lynne SchepartzSchool of Anatomical Sciences, The University of the Witwatersrand, 2193 Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1379-0817
Tayfun SelçukBodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology, Çarşı Neighbourhood, 48400 Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0322-2015
Ayla Sevim-ErolDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Language and History - Geography, Ankara University, 06100 Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-7776-3864
Michel Shamoon-PourDepartment of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2094-002X
Henry M ShephardArchaeological Institute of America, Boston, MA 02108, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0168-5462
Athanasios SiderisInstitute of Classical Archaeology, Charles University, 11636 Prague, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0003-0635-4718
Angela Simalcsik"Orheiul Vechi" Cultural-Natural Reserve, Institute of Bioarchaeological and Ethnocultural Research, 3552 Butuceni, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0001-8639-3535
Hakob SimonyanScientific Research Center of the Historical and Cultural Heritage, 0010 Yerevan, Armenia.
Vitalij SinikaPridnestrovian University named after Taras Shevchenko, 3300 Tiraspol, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0002-1621-9205
Kendra SirakDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2347-3479
Ghenadie SirbuThracology Scientific Research Laboratory of the State University of Moldova, Department of Academic Management, Academy of Science of Moldova, 2009 Chișinău, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0002-4525-1239
Mario ŠlausAnthropological Center of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-4941-2212
Andrei Soficaru"Francisc I. Rainer" Institute of Anthropology, 050711 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8658-6695
Bilal SöğütDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Pamukkale University, 20070 Denizli, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0171-318X
Arkadiusz SołtysiakFaculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9040-5022
Çilem Sönmez-SözerDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Language and History - Geography, Ankara University, 06100 Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-2818-5364
Maria StathiEphorate of Antiquities of East Attica, Ministry of Culture and Sports, 10682 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6698-8977
Martin SteskalAustrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2964-3953
Kristin StewardsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Sharon StockerDepartment of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
Fadime Suata-AlpaslanDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0404-9381
Alexander SuvorovDepartment of Cultures, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Anna Szécsényi-NagyInstitute of Archaeogenomics, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1097 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-2095-738X
Tamás SzeniczeyDepartment of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1053 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-1546-7140
Nikolai TelnovPridnestrovian University named after Taras Shevchenko, 3300 Tiraspol, Moldova.ORCID 0000-0001-6878-0216
Strahil TemovArchaeology Museum of North Macedonia, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.ORCID 0000-0003-0133-5526
Nadezhda TodorovaDepartment of Archaeology, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-7117-5452
Ulsi TotaPrehistory Department, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Albanian Studies, 1000 Tirana, Albania.
Gilles TouchaisDepartment of the History of Art and Archaeology, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7225-2157
Sevi TriantaphyllouFaculty of Philosophy, School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1231-6515
Atila TürkerDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 Atakum-Samsun, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3893-4135
Marina UgarkovićInstitute of Archaeology, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-1134-7531
Todor ValchevYambol Regional Historical Museum, 8600 Yambol, Bulgaria.
Fanica VeljanovskaArchaeology Museum of North Macedonia, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.
Zlatko VidevskiArchaeology Museum of North Macedonia, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.
Cristian ViragSatu Mare County Museum, 440031 Satu Mare, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7867-7498
Anna WagnerDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1859-2297
Sam WalshSchool of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6820-8516
Piotr WłodarczakInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-016 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0359-7386
J Noah WorkmanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0921-1803
Aram YardumianDepartment of History and Social Sciences, Bryn Athyn College, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009, USA.
Evgenii YarovoyHistory of the Ancient World and Middle Ages Department, Moscow Region State University, Moscow Region, 141014 Mytishi, Russia.
Alper Yener YavuzDepartment of Anthropology, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Istiklal Campus, 15100 Burdur, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4959-5581
Hakan YılmazDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65090 Tuşba, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-2399-5085
Fatma ZalzalaDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8981-1277
Anna ZettlDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8201-3993
Zhao ZhangDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7562-7559
Rafet ÇavuşoğluDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65090 Tuşba, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0049-902X
Nadin RohlandDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ron PinhasiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1629-8131
David ReichDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7037-5292
Ruben DavtyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
Funding
Solving ascertainment bias in ancient DNA using Ultima Genomics sequencingR01HG012287 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI REICH, DAVID E · 2021 to 2025
$2.7MPopulation mixture in evolutionary and medical geneticsR01GM100233 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PATTERSON, NICK J, REICH, DAVID E · 2012 to 2019
$2.7MNHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG012287NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100233
Abstract
By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow entangled it with the Eurasian steppe. Two streams of migration transmitted Caucasus and Anatolian/Levantine ancestry northward, and the Yamnaya pastoralists, formed on the steppe, then spread southward into the Balkans and across the Caucasus into Armenia, where they left numerous patrilineal descendants. Anatolia was transformed by intra-West Asian gene flow, with negligible impact of the later Yamnaya migrations. This contrasts with all other regions where Indo-European languages were spoken, suggesting that the homeland of the Indo-Anatolian language family was in West Asia, with only secondary dispersals of non-Anatolian Indo-Europeans from the steppe.
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