Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia
2018
Anatolia was home to some of the earliest farming communities. It has been long debated whether a migration of farming groups introduced agriculture to central Anatolia. Here, we report the first genome-wide data from a 15,000 year-old Anatolian
hunter-gathererand from seven Anatolian and Levantine early farmers. We find high genetic continuity between the
hunter-gathererand early farmers of Anatolia and detect two distinct incoming ancestries: an early Iranian/Caucasus related one and a later one linked to the ancient Levant. Finally, we observe a genetic link between southern Europe and the Near East predating 15,000 years ago that extends to central Europe during the post-
last-glacial maximumperiod. Our results suggest a limited role of
human migrationin the emergence of agriculture in central Anatolia.
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