Sorry. Managed to miss out the July. Yes the lead author is just back from it. I presume that the paper was posted on http://biorxiv.org shortly after it was read. He told me yesterday that it was posted up there, but it takes some time to appear online.Originally Posted by razyn
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Hando (07-19-2015)
And here it is. See thread http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthre...ration-history
This paper will be read at the ASHG conference in Baltimore October 6-10 2015:
I. Lazaridis, D. Fernandes, N. Rohland, S. Mallick, K. Stewardson, S. Alpaslan, N. Patterson, R. Pinhasi, D. Reich, Genome-wide data on 34 ancient Anatolians identifies the founding population of the European Neolithic. http://www.ashg.org/2015meeting/page...nlisting.shtml
Abstracts of ASHG 2015 papers will be available on the 2015 meeting website in early September and will be published online.
Last edited by Jean M; 08-18-2015 at 08:18 AM.
Heber (08-18-2015), Megalophias (08-18-2015), rms2 (08-18-2015)
David W. noticed this one: Vai et al., Genetic variability in a late Neolithic Megalithic Burial from Poland: The Globular Amphora Culture and the Indo-European debate, presentation abstract, 21° CONGRESSO dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Bologna/Ravenna September 3-5, 2015. http://www.bioanthropologybologna.eu...amme/sa999a4d0
Archaeological evidence shows a marked discontinuity in Late Neolithic farming societies in Europe: large settlements were abandoned, anthropomorphic figurines and painted pottery disappeared. Some scholars, as Gimbutas, interpreted these changes hypothesizing a migration of pastoral groups from the steppes of southern Ukraine, also associated with the spread of proto-Indo-European languages (Kurgan hypothesis). The Globular Amphora culture assumes a crucial role in this theory. It was distributed across central and eastern Europe, from the Elbe to the middle Dnieper, around 3400-2800 BC and was characterized by an apparently mobile economy, presence of domestic horse, distinctive pottery and burial rituals. Furthermore, the physical type of the Globular Amphora population was regarded as similar to those of the steppe region. Alternative explanations have been put forward for the spread of Indo-European languages, including Renfrew’s theory based on the Neolithic demic diffusion, and the Armenian hypothesis by Gamkrelidze and Ivanov. We selected 17 individuals from the Megalithic barrow of Kierzkowo (Poland, Kujawy-Pomorze), an excellent example of rituals of the Globular Amphora culture. We are applying advanced molecular procedures based on Next Generation Sequencing and target enrichment in order to analyze genetic variation in this community. Our aim is to contribute to the Indo-European debate, by comparing our data with the available genetic data about ancient and modern Europeans, quantifying population relationships, and testing for the possible demographic implications of the Kurgan hypothesis upon the Globular Amphora culture.
lgmayka (08-31-2015), Megalophias (08-31-2015), parasar (08-31-2015), rms2 (08-31-2015), Táltos (08-31-2015)
Also from the 21° CONGRESSO dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Bologna/Ravenna September 3-5, 2015.
Gigli et al., From Upper Paleolithic to Eneolithic: Mitochondrial genome analysis of ancient human samples from Central-Southern Italy
The genetic background of the Italian Paleolithic and the extent of population replacement during the Neolithic is a crucial issue in the human populations of our peninsula evolutionary history. Genetic analysis of ancient DNA can reveal past events that are difficult to discern through study only present-day individuals. Taking advantage of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies and ad hoc bioinformatics pipelines, genomic data as well as supporting evidence for data authenticity can now be obtained from ancient human samples. In the framework of a wider project (PRIN 2010-2011 Biological and cultural heritage of the central-southern Italian population trough 30 thousand years.) we attempted to analyzed the complete mitochondrial DNA of a set of ancient human individuals retrieved from seven archaeological sites located in Central-Southern Italy from Upper Paleolithic to Eneolithic. We found that endogenous DNA can be recovered from the samples. Besides that, our preliminary results show that modern human contamination represents the most difficult issue to overcome when dealing with previously handled museum specimens.
Inigo Montoya (08-31-2015), Megalophias (08-31-2015), parasar (08-31-2015), R.Rocca (08-31-2015), Táltos (08-31-2015)
Also from the 21° CONGRESSO dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Bologna/Ravenna September 3-5, 2015.
Catalano et al., Paleogenetics of St2. The first adna analysis of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer from Sicily
*The only aDNA from Favignana that I know of is from Mannino 2012 and not very informative, so I hope this means that we have better results coming.The Upper Palaeolithic remains from Grotta di San Teodoro represent the oldest and largest human skeletal sample yet found in Sicily. Inside the cave, during different and not continuous field excavations carried out in the 1937-1947 decade, seven human adults have been discovered. They were mostly attributed to the earliest Epigravettian explorers that arrived in Sicily crossing the Messinian strait. Morphometric analysis demonstrated their relationship with continental modern humans, in particular with humans bearing Magdalenian culture. Furthermore, morphological analyses suggest certain continuity in cranial morphology during the Palaeolithic-Mesolithic period in Sicily. In order to better understand the earliest peopling of Sicily and their relationship with subsequent Mesolithic hunther-gatherers, we sampled the ST2 cranium for ancient DNA analysis and compared the extracted DNA with DNA data recently obtained for the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers from Favignana*. ST2, discovered by Bonafede during the first field campaign (1937) and unearthed by Graziosi and Maviglia in 1946, is a complete cranial sample attributed to a male, housed at the Gemmellaro Geological Museum of the University of Palermo. As the other specimens, the ST2 skeleton was intentionally buried near the ST1 skeleton, which was recently dated by AMS 14C 15232-14126 cal. BP. Paleogenetic analyses on ST2 were conducted in a exclusively dedicated laboratory for ancient DNA work. Following the most stringent current protocols for validation of ancient DNA, we obtained endogenous sequences of mitochondrial DNA. In the light of these preliminary results we consider ST2 a good candidate for more innovative genomic analyses, like capture approaches.
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Inigo Montoya (08-31-2015), Megalophias (08-31-2015), R.Rocca (08-31-2015), Táltos (08-31-2015)
Very good news indeed. Can't wait for the results! Here's some more meager previews of GAC generally (from Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland): http://www.academia.edu/Documents/in...mphora_Culture
The Polish paper has not been uploaded though there is a short English summary, which indicates a resemblance of the studied GAC individual to "Fertile Crescent" DNA (possibly implying EEF?). The Belarusian paper I have very quickly perused. It contends that the Belarus GAC basically migrated there from the Lublin GAC area. The 2013 Rudych Ukrainian paper I have read fully. Extensive "craniological" analyses. Her conclusions: the Ukrainian GAC is very close ("maximally") to the German and Polish GAC, particularly the males, and quite different (also "maximally") from the Corded Ware skeletal reliquiae. She also notes the great closeness between TRB and GAC (though there are slight regional variations).The Ukrainian GAC females however show greater affinities to cultures such as Late Trypilia, Lengyel, Gumelnitsa, and Boyan. There is also a very slight difference between German and Polish/Ukrainian males due perhaps to some input from the Comb ware c. area. It would thus seem that by and large the GAC Y-DNA would be fairly close to that of the TRB's. We'll see.
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lgmayka (08-31-2015), Megalophias (08-31-2015)
Also from the 21° CONGRESSO dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Bologna/Ravenna September 3-5, 2015.
Graffi et al., First genetic study of Villanovians: preliminary outcomes from the skeletal remains of Trilogia Navile Necropolis (BO), VII C. B.C.
Disappointing that they have such limited aDNA at present, but I'm happy to see that sequencing with NGS technologies is planned.This work represents the first attempt to study genetically Villanovians, a population lived in Italy during Iron Age (IX-VII c. B.C.). Usual of this culture was incineration, but the exceptional retrieval of inhumations from the archaeological excavation of Trilogia Navile (BO), allowed to carry out the analysis of DNA from seven skeletal samples. Villanovians origin and ethnicity are debated since the past century and remains unclear whether they are an indigenous Italian group or migrants from abroad. For this reason, we started to study them from a genetic point of view trying to discover the deep meaning of their “culture”, to enlighten the possible genetic connections they had with Etruscans, and to look for information about their origin. The second aim of the research exploited genetics to check kinship in two individuals that presented an epigenetic feature, hyperdonthia. The genetic study was preceded by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) pre-extraction analysis in order to investigate the mineralogical conservation of bones and to choose the best samples. The analysis of DNA followed the most recent literature concerning sampling, indeed, we selected samples from the hardest region of the human body, the petrous portion of temporal bone. The population genetics study focused on the HVRI of mitochondrial DNA on a subset of samples from Trilogia Navile. The outcomes presented are very interesting and have to be considered as pilot starting point of a wider analysis that will involve all the skeletal material available from the necropolis and the sequencing with NGS technologies.
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Megalophias (08-31-2015), R.Rocca (08-31-2015)
Also from the 21° CONGRESSO dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Bologna/Ravenna September 3-5, 2015.
Modi et al., Genetic analyses of the first inhabitant of Sardinia
The process of neolithisation in Sardinia is difficult to explain due to the scarce and uncertain evidences available for the Mesolithic period. In addition, a gap in the absolute chronology of the two periods indicates discontinuity between Mesolithic and Early Neolithic groups with regard to the different stages of colonization of the island and to the settlement strategies.
Within the Early Neolithic, Su Carroppu rock shelter plays a relevant role in Sardinia. The archaeological excavations, started in 2009 on the lowermost layer (level-4), yielded large quantities of remains, including fragments of human bones intermingled with bones of Prolagus sardus. Three direct radiocarbon dates of the human bones placed the remains in the mid-9th millennium cal. BC thus predating Early Neolithic. Consequently, we deal here with the earliest direct evidence of human presence in Sardinia.
With the purpose of better defining the colonization process of the island, we are currently performing depth molecular analyses on the human bones unearthed at the Su Carroppu. In order to evaluate the molecular preservation of the bones, DNA was extracted from nine samples and analyzed through amplification and sequencing of the mitochondrial HVS-I region. Target Enrichment and NGS will be then performed on the most promising sample in order to obtain the entire mitogenome as well as supporting evidence for data authenticity.
ADW_1981 (08-31-2015), Gravetto-Danubian (08-31-2015), Megalophias (08-31-2015)
Also from the 21° CONGRESSO dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Bologna/Ravenna September 3-5, 2015.
Panicucci et al., Identifying the genetic legacy of Piceni: A preliminary survey from Novilara Necropolis (PU), VIII-VII C. B.C.
The “Piceni” were an Italic civilization that lived, during the Iron Age, in the northern Adriatic coastal plain of Italy today corresponding to the regionof Marche. The term “Picenum Culture” generally refers not so much to a homogeneous but rather to a heterogeneous cultural structure, characterized by local differences (especially between the North and the South of the region) that have been only scarcely interpreted.
The aim of this research is the genetic analysis of the skeletal remains from the necropolis of Novilara (PU), dating at VIII-VII c.B.C. This archaeological site represents an exceptional evidence due to the presence of more than 300 graves discovered until nowadays, with grave goods and osteological material in a good state of preservation.
In this study we have selected teeth and petrous bones as the samples of choice for the aDNA analysis. DNA was extracted from a first set of samples and sequenced for the first hypervariable region (HVR1) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), by using the state-of-the-art method. Preliminary results highlight matrilinear relationships among multiple inhumations of this necropolis, moreover suggesting genetic links between Piceni from Novilara and Villanovians from Bologna (VII c. B.C.). Ancient mtDNA data are also compared and contextualized within the genetic variability of present-day inhabitants of the same territories.
By providing the first genetic study about Piceni, we want to contribute at expanding the knowledge about the origins of ancient Italic civilizations and of their relationships with other coeval and modern populations.
Megalophias (08-31-2015)
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