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Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility.
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97 authors at 20 institutions in 20 countries.
Margaret L Antonio *Biomedical Informatics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-211X
Clemens L Weiß *Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3321-3902
Ziyue Gao *Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9244-0238
Susanna Sawyer *Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Victoria OberreiterDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0766-3782
Hannah M MootsStanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.
Jeffrey P SpenceDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-1447
Olivia CheronetDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Brina ZagorcDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-1958
Elisa PraxmarerDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Kadir Toykan ÖzdoğanDepartment of History and Art History, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Lea DemetzDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Pere GelabertDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Daniel FernandesDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michaela LucciDipartimento di Storia Antropologia Religioni Arte Spettacolo, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Timka AlihodžićArchaeological Museum Zadar, Zadar, Croatia.
Selma AmraniLBEIG, Population Genetics & Conservation Unit, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology - Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria.
Pavel AvetisyanNational Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Yerevan, Armenia.
Christèle Baillif-DucrosFrench National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP)/CAGT UMR 5288, Toulouse, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3050-3082
Željka BedićCentre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
Audrey BertrandUniversité Gustave Eiffel - Laboratoire ACP, Paris, France.
Maja BilićPalisada Ltd, Split, Croatia.
Luca BondioliDipartimento dei Beni Culturali, Archeologia, Storia dell'arte, del Cinema e della Musica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
Paulina BorówkaDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland.
Emmanuel BotteAix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Josip BurmazKaducej Ltd, Split, Croatia.
Domagoj BužanićFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Francesca CandilioBioarchaeology Service, Museum of Civilizations, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4668-1361
Mirna CvetkoFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Daniela De AngelisMuseo Archeologico Nazionale di Tarquinia, Direzione Regionale Musei Lazio, Rome, Italy.
Ivan DrnićArchaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Kristián ElschekInstitute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia.
Mounir FantarDépartement des Monuments et des Sites Antiques - Institut National du Patrimoine INP, Tunis, Tunisia.
Andrej GaspariUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department for Archaeology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Gabriella GasperettiSoprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Sassari e Nuoro, Sassari, Italy.
Francesco GenchiDepartment of Oriental Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-4207
Snežana GolubovićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Zuzana HukeľováInstitute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia.
Rimantas JankauskasInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Kristina Jelinčić VučkovićInstitute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-734X
Gordana JeremićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Iva KaićFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Kevin KazekUniversité de Lorraine, Centre de Recherche Universitaire Lorrain d' Histoire (CRULH), Nancy, France.
Hamazasp KhachatryanDepartment of Archaeologi, Shirak Centere of Armenological Studies, National Academy of Sciences Republic of Armenia, Gyumri, Armenia.
Anahit KhudaverdyanInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.
Sylvia KirchengastDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3220-7271
Miomir KoraćInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Valérie KozlowskiMusée Archéologique de l'Oise, Vendeuil-Caply, France.
Mária KrošlákováInstitute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia.
Dora Kušan ŠpaljArchaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Francesco La PastinaDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marie LaguardiaUMR 7041 ArScAn / French Institute of the Near East, Beirut, Lebanon.
Sandra LegrandMusée Archéologique de l'Oise, Vendeuil-Caply, France.
Tino LelekovićArchaeology Division, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia.
Tamara LeskovarUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department for Archaeology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Wiesław LorkiewiczDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-5161
Dženi LosKaducej Ltd, Split, Croatia.
Ana Maria SilvaCIAS, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1912-6581
Rene MasarykSkupina STIK Zavod za preučevanje povezovalnih področij preteklosti in sedanjosti, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vinka MatijevićFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Yahia Mehdi Seddik CherifiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Nicolas MeyerFrench National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), Metz, France.
Ilija MikićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Nataša Miladinović-RadmilovićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Branka Milošević ZakićMuseum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia.
Lina NacouziL'Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beirut, Lebanon.
Magdalena Natuniewicz-SekułaInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Alessia NavaDepartment of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Christine Neugebauer-MareschAustrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Jan NováčekThuringia State Service for Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2707-5347
Anna OsterholtzMississippi State University, Starkville, United States.
Julianne PaigeUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States.
Lujana ParamanTrogir Town Museum, Trogir, Croatia.
Dominique PieriUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Karol PietaInstitute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia.
Stefan Pop-LazićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Matej RuttkayInstitute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-9914
Mirjana SanaderFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Arkadiusz SołtysiakFaculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9040-5022
Alessandra SperdutiBioarchaeology Service, Museum of Civilizations, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9338-5891
Tijana Stankovic PesteracMuseum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Maria Teschler-NicolaDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Iwona TeulChair and Department of Normal Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Domagoj TončinićFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Julien TrappMusée de La Cour d'Or, Eurométropole de Metz, Metz, France.
Dragana VulovićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Tomasz WaliszewskiFaculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5793-4600
Diethard WalterThuringia State Service for Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.
Miloš ŽivanovićDepartment of Archeology, Center for Conservation and Archeology of Montenegro, Cetinje, Montenegro.
Mohamed El Mostefa FilahInsitut d'Archeologie, University Algiers 2, Algiers, Algeria.
Morana Čaušević-BullyUniversité de Franche Comté / UMR Chrono-Environnement, Besançon, France.
Mario ŠlausAnthropological Centre, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4941-2212
Dušan BorićDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-627X
Mario NovakCentre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-8742
Alfredo CoppaDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-2484
Ron PinhasiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Jonathan K PritchardDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8828-5236
Harvard University · USUniversity of Vienna · ATInstitute of Archaeology · HRArchaeological Museum in Zagreb · HRSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Zagreb · HRSlovak Academy of Sciences · SKStanford University · USCroatian Academy of Sciences and Arts · HRInstitute for Anthropological Research · HRInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography · AMInstitut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives · FRUniversity of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Łódź · PLAccademia di Belle Arti di Sassari · ITAix-Marseille Université · FRCentre de Recherche Universitaire Lorrain d’HistoireInstitut français du Proche-OrientMusée de la Civilisation · CANational Academy of Sciences of Armenia · AM
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New methods for constructing and evaluating polygenic scoresR01HG011432 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PRITCHARD, JONATHAN K · 2020 to 2023
$3.3MAustrian Science Fund FWF M 3108NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG011432NIH HHS HG011432
Abstract
Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000-3000 years before present, YBP), reflecting the widespread introduction of Neolithic farmer and Bronze Age Steppe ancestries. However, little is known about how population structure changed from the historical period onward (3000 YBP - present). To address this, we collected whole genomes from 204 individuals from Europe and the Mediterranean, many of which are the first historical period genomes from their region (e.g. Armenia and France). We found that most regions show remarkable inter-individual heterogeneity. At least 7% of historical individuals carry ancestry uncommon in the region where they were sampled, some indicating cross-Mediterranean contacts. Despite this high level of mobility, overall population structure across western Eurasia is relatively stable through the historical period up to the present, mirroring geography. We show that, under standard population genetics models with local panmixia, the observed level of dispersal would lead to a collapse of population structure. Persistent population structure thus suggests a lower effective migration rate than indicated by the observed dispersal. We hypothesize that this phenomenon can be explained by extensive transient dispersal arising from drastically improved transportation networks and the Roman Empire's mobilization of people for trade, labor, and military. This work highlights the utility of ancient DNA in elucidating finer scale human population dynamics in recent history.
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