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100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark

Major migration events in Holocene Eurasia have been characterized genetically at broad regional scales1–4. However, insights into the population dynamics in the contact zones are hampered by a lack of ancient genomic data sampled at high spatiotemporal resolution5–7. Here, to address this, we analysed shotgun-sequenced genomes from 100 skeletons spanning 7,300 years of the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and Early Bronze Age in Denmark and integrated these with proxies for diet (13C and 15N content), mobility (87Sr/86Sr ratio) and vegetation cover (pollen). We observe that Danish Mesolithic individuals of the Maglemose, Kongemose and Ertebølle cultures form a distinct genetic cluster related to other Western European hunter-gatherers. Despite shifts in material culture they displayed genetic homogeneity from around 10,500 to 5,900 calibrated years before present, when Neolithic farmers with Anatolian-derived ancestry arrived. Although the Neolithic transitio ....

Vastra Gotalands Lan , United Kingdom , Neretas Novads , Czech Republic , Bronk Ramsey , Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark , Jyske Enkeltgravskultur Gyldendal , Aarhus Universitetsforlag , Dj Vander Linden , Brinch Petersen , Christopher Prescott , Kulturentwicklung Europas , Alexander Bentley , Praehistorische Zeitschrift , Winther Johannsen , Royal Society Of Northern Antiquaries , English Heritage Research Report Series , Genomes Project Consortium , Southern Denmark , Chrono Centre , Jutland Archaeological Society , C Development , Argus Bank , Bronze Age , Upper Palaeolithic , Neolithic European ,