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Lily Agranat-Tamir1, Shamam Waldman2, Mario A S Martin3, David Gokhman4, Nadav Mishol4, Tzilla Eshel5, Olivia Cheronet6, Nadin Rohland7, Swapan Mallick8, Nicole Adamski9, Ann Marie Lawson9, Matthew Mah10, Megan Michel9, Jonas Oppenheimer9, Kristin Stewardson9, Francesca Candilio11, Denise Keating12, Beatriz Gamarra13, Shay Tzur2, Mario Novak14, Rachel Kalisher15, Shlomit Bechar16, Vered Eshed17, Douglas J Kennett18, Marina Faerman19, Naama Yahalom-Mack16, Janet M Monge20, Yehuda Govrin21, Yigal Erel5, Benjamin Yakir22, Ron Pinhasi23, Shai Carmi24, Israel Finkelstein25, Liran Carmel26, David Reich27.
Abstract
We report genome-wide DNA data for 73 individuals from five archaeological sites across the Bronze and Iron Ages Southern Levant. These individuals, who share the "Canaanite" material culture, can be modeled as descending from two sources: (1) earlier local Neolithic populations and (2) populations related to the Chalcolithic Zagros or the Bronze Age Caucasus. The non-local contribution increased over time, as evinced by three outliers who can be modeled as descendants of recent migrants. We show evidence that different "Canaanite" groups genetically resemble each other more than other populations. We find that Levant-related modern populations typically have substantial ancestry coming from populations related to the Chalcolithic Zagros and the Bronze Age Southern Levant. These groups also harbor ancestry from sources we cannot fully model with the available data, highlighting the critical role of post-Bronze-Age migrations into the region over the past 3,000 years.Entities:
Keywords: Abel Beth Maacah; Baq‛ah; Tel Megiddo; Tel Shadud; Yehud; ancient DNA; archaeology; demographic inference; genetic ancestry; population genetics
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Year: 2020 PMID： 32470400 DOI： 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN： 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582