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39 authors.
Lehti SaagUCL Genetics Institute, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2274-8138
Olga UtevskaEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-5787-0467
Stanislav ZadnikovMuseum of Archaeology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-0425-2312
Iryna ShramkoDepartment of Historiography, Source Studies and Archaeology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-1009-9262
Kyrylo GorbenkoDepartment of History, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv 54003, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-0510-3792
Mykola BandrivskyiDepartment of Archaeology, Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv 79026, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-7010-564X
Dmytro PavlivDepartment of Archaeology, Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv 79026, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-8486-6551
Igor BruyakoSouth Ukrainian K. D. Ushinsky National Pedagogical University State Institution, Odesa 65000, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-6359-2806
Denys GrechkoDepartment of Archaeology of the Early Iron Age, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-3613-795X
Vitalii OkatenkoState Enterprise "Research Center 'Protective Archaeological Service of Ukraine,'" Institute of Archeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-9406-9353
Gennadi ToshevEducational and Scientific Laboratory of Archaeological Research, Zaporizhzhia National University, Zaporizhzhia 69061, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-6712-2828
Svitlana AndrukhEducational and Scientific Laboratory of Archaeological Research, Zaporizhzhia National University, Zaporizhzhia 69061, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-8263-4386
Vira RadziyevskaMuseum of Archaeology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine.ORCID 0009-0002-1573-195X
Yurii BuynovDepartment of Historiography, Source Studies and Archaeology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine.ORCID 0009-0008-0185-7950
Viktoriia KotenkoDepartment of Ancient archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-9172-1062
Oleksandr SmyrnovDepartment of History, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv 54003, Ukraine.
Oleg PetrauskasDepartment of Archaeology of Early Slavs, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-9117-4265
Borys MagomedovDepartment of Archaeology of Early Slavs, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-2079-6782
Serhii DidenkoResearch Department of Archaeology of the Early Iron Age, National Museum of History of Ukraine, Kyiv 02000, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-8631-5411
Anatolii HeikoDepartment of Accounting and Research of Archaeological Monuments and Survey of Land Plots, Communal institution "Center for Protection and Research of Archaeological Monuments" of the Poltava Regional Council, Poltava 36000, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-4590-1115
Roman ReidaDepartment of Archaeology of Early Slavs, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-7512-8074
Viktor AksonovDepartment of Archaeology, Municipal Institution "M.F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum" of the Kharkiv Regional Council, Kharkiv 61003, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-0648-0696
Oleksii LaptievDepartment of Archaeology, Municipal Institution "M.F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum" of the Kharkiv Regional Council, Kharkiv 61003, Ukraine.ORCID 0009-0005-3302-0459
Svyatoslav TerskyiDepartment of History of Ukraine and Ethnocommunications, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv 79013, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-0177-8087
Viacheslav SkorokhodDepartment of Old Rus and Medieval Archeology, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0001-5317-0896
Vitalii ZhyholaDepartment of Old Rus and Medieval Archeology, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-9420-4893
Yurii SytyiD.Ya. Samokvasov Research Center of Archeology and Ancient and Early Modern History of the Northern Left Bank, T.H. Shevchenko National University "Chernihiv Colehium," Chernihiv 14000, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-6117-3875
Mari JärveEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
Christiana Lyn ScheibEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0003-4158-8296
Kyriaki AnastasiadouAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8033-6070
Monica KellyAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0009-0006-7075-1290
Mia WilliamsAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-1940-6815
Marina SilvaAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3756-0920
Christopher BarringtonBioinformatics and Biostatistics, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1281-2658
Alexandre GilardetAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4851-3051
Ruairidh MacleodUCL Genetics Institute, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8086-4420
Pontus SkoglundAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3021-5913
Mark G ThomasUCL Genetics Institute, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2452-981X
Funding
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6 · The paper itself
Abstract
The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was a crossroads of migration, connecting the vast Eurasian Steppe with Central Europe. We generated shotgun-sequenced genomic data for 91 individuals dating from around 7000 BCE to 1800 CE to study migration and mobility history in the region, with a particular focus on historically attested migrating groups during the Iron Age and the medieval period. We infer a high degree of temporal heterogeneity in ancestry, with fluctuating genetic affinities to different present-day Eurasian groups. We also infer high heterogeneity in ancestry within geographically, culturally, and socially defined groups. Despite this, we find that ancestry components which are widespread in Eastern and Central Europe have been present in the Ukraine region since the Bronze Age. In short, our study reveals a diverse range of ancestries in the Ukraine region through time as a result of frequent movements, assimilation, and contacts.
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Human MigrationGenetics, PopulationHistory, AncientHistory, MedievalHumansUkraine
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