Abstract
Two key moments shaped the extant South Asian gene pool within the last 10 thousand years (ka): the Neolithic period, with the advent of agriculture and the rise of the Harappan/Indus Valley Civilisation; and Late Bronze Age events that witnessed the abrupt fall of the Harappan Civilisation and the arrival of Indo-European speakers. This study focuses on the phylogeographic patterns of mitochondrial haplogroups H2 and H13 in the Indian Subcontinent and incorporates evidence from recently released ancient genomes from Central and South Asia. It found signals of Neolithic arrivals from Iran and later movements in the Bronze Age from Central Asia that derived ultimately from the Steppe. This study shows how a detailed mtDNA phylogeographic approach, combining both modern and ancient variation, can provide evidence of population movements, even in a scenario of strong male bias such as in the case of the Bronze Age Steppe dispersals.
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 140-144 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Annals of Human Biology |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 3 Jul 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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Untangling Neolithic and Bronze Age mitochondrial lineages in South Asia. / Silva, M.; Justeau, P.; Rodrigues, S.; Oteo-Garcia, G.; Dulias, K.; Foody, G.; Fichera, A.; Yau, B.; Rito, T.; Wilson, J. F.; Gandini, F.; Edwards, C. J.; Pala, M.; Soares, P. A.; Richards, M. B.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Untangling Neolithic and Bronze Age mitochondrial lineages in South Asia
AU - Silva, M.
AU - Justeau, P.
AU - Rodrigues, S.
AU - Oteo-Garcia, G.
AU - Dulias, K.
AU - Foody, G.
AU - Fichera, A.
AU - Yau, B.
AU - Rito, T.
AU - Wilson, J. F.
AU - Gandini, F.
AU - Edwards, C. J.
AU - Pala, M.
AU - Soares, P. A.
AU - Richards, M. B.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Two key moments shaped the extant South Asian gene pool within the last 10 thousand years (ka): the Neolithic period, with the advent of agriculture and the rise of the Harappan/Indus Valley Civilisation; and Late Bronze Age events that witnessed the abrupt fall of the Harappan Civilisation and the arrival of Indo-European speakers. This study focuses on the phylogeographic patterns of mitochondrial haplogroups H2 and H13 in the Indian Subcontinent and incorporates evidence from recently released ancient genomes from Central and South Asia. It found signals of Neolithic arrivals from Iran and later movements in the Bronze Age from Central Asia that derived ultimately from the Steppe. This study shows how a detailed mtDNA phylogeographic approach, combining both modern and ancient variation, can provide evidence of population movements, even in a scenario of strong male bias such as in the case of the Bronze Age Steppe dispersals.
AB - Two key moments shaped the extant South Asian gene pool within the last 10 thousand years (ka): the Neolithic period, with the advent of agriculture and the rise of the Harappan/Indus Valley Civilisation; and Late Bronze Age events that witnessed the abrupt fall of the Harappan Civilisation and the arrival of Indo-European speakers. This study focuses on the phylogeographic patterns of mitochondrial haplogroups H2 and H13 in the Indian Subcontinent and incorporates evidence from recently released ancient genomes from Central and South Asia. It found signals of Neolithic arrivals from Iran and later movements in the Bronze Age from Central Asia that derived ultimately from the Steppe. This study shows how a detailed mtDNA phylogeographic approach, combining both modern and ancient variation, can provide evidence of population movements, even in a scenario of strong male bias such as in the case of the Bronze Age Steppe dispersals.
KW - Bronze age
KW - Indo-European
KW - mtDNA
KW - Neolithic
KW - South Asia
KW - Steppe
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U2 - 10.1080/03014460.2019.1623319
DO - 10.1080/03014460.2019.1623319
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - 140
EP - 144
JO - Annals of Human Biology
T2 - Annals of Human Biology
JF - Annals of Human Biology
SN - 0301-4460
IS - 2
ER -