| Literature DB >> 33495542 |
Alexander Immel1, Federica Pierini2, Christoph Rinne3, John Meadows4,5, Rodrigo Barquera6, András Szolek7, Julian Susat1, Lisa Böhme1, Janina Dose1, Joanna Bonczarowska1, Clara Drummer3, Katharina Fuchs1, David Ellinghaus1, Jan Christian Kässens1, Martin Furholt8, Oliver Kohlbacher7,9,10,11, Sabine Schade-Lindig12, Andre Franke1, Stefan Schreiber1,13, Johannes Krause6, Johannes Müller3, Tobias L Lenz2, Almut Nebel1, Ben Krause-Kyora14.
Abstract
The Wartberg culture (WBC, 3500-2800 BCE) dates to the Late Neolithic period, a time of important demographic and cultural transformations in western Europe. We performed genome-wide analyses of 42 individuals who were interred in a WBC collective burial in Niedertiefenbach, Germany (3300-3200 cal. BCE). The results showed that the farming population of Niedertiefenbach carried a surprisingly large hunter-gatherer ancestry component (34-58%). This component was most likely introduced during the cultural transformation that led to the WBC. In addition, the Niedertiefenbach individuals exhibited a distinct human leukocyte antigen gene pool, possibly reflecting an immune response that was geared towards detecting viral infections.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID： 33495542 PMCID： PMC7835224 DOI： 10.1038/s42003-020-01627-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Commun Biol ISSN： 2399-3642