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Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe

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  • Thiseas C. Lamnidis

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

  • Kerttu Majander

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    University of Tübingen
    University of Helsinki)

  • Choongwon Jeong

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

  • Elina Salmela

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    University of Helsinki)

  • Anna Wessman

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Vyacheslav Moiseyev

    (University Embankment)

  • Valery Khartanovich

    (University Embankment)

  • Oleg Balanovsky

    (Vavilov Institute of General Genetics
    Moskvorech’ye Ulitsa
    Kotlyakovskaya Ulitsa)

  • Matthias Ongyerth

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Antje Weihmann

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Antti Sajantila

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Janet Kelso

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Svante Pääbo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Päivi Onkamo

    (University of Helsinki
    University of Turku)

  • Wolfgang Haak

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

  • Johannes Krause

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

  • Stephan Schiffels

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)

Abstract

European population history has been shaped by migrations of people, and their subsequent admixture. Recently, ancient DNA has brought new insights into European migration events linked to the advent of agriculture, and possibly to the spread of Indo-European languages. However, little is known about the ancient population history of north-eastern Europe, in particular about populations speaking Uralic languages, such as Finns and Saami. Here we analyse ancient genomic data from 11 individuals from Finland and north-western Russia. We show that the genetic makeup of northern Europe was shaped by migrations from Siberia that began at least 3500 years ago. This Siberian ancestry was subsequently admixed into many modern populations in the region, particularly into populations speaking Uralic languages today. Additionally, we show that ancestors of modern Saami inhabited a larger territory during the Iron Age, which adds to the historical and linguistic information about the population history of Finland.

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  • Thiseas C. Lamnidis & Kerttu Majander & Choongwon Jeong & Elina Salmela & Anna Wessman & Vyacheslav Moiseyev & Valery Khartanovich & Oleg Balanovsky & Matthias Ongyerth & Antje Weihmann & Antti Sajant, 2018. "Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07483-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07483-5
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