The genomic origins of the world’s first farmers

The precise genetic origins of the first Neolithic farming populations in Europe and Southwest Asia, as well as the processes and the timing of their differentiation, remain largely unknown. Demogenomic modeling of high-quality ancient genomes reveals that the early farmers of Anatolia and Europe emerged from a multiphase mixing of a Southwest Asian population with a strongly bottlenecked western hunter-gatherer population after the last glacial maximum. Moreover, the ancestors of the first farmers of Europe and Anatolia went through a period of extreme genetic drift during their westward range expansion, contributing highly to their genetic distinctiveness. This modeling elucidates the demographic processes at the root of the Neolithic transition and leads to a spatial interpretation of the population history of Southwest Asia and Europe during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.Open access articleThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]

Delémont-En La Pran1 (volume 1). Environnement alluvial et premières installations humaines entre Mésolithique récent et âge du Bronze. Cahier d’archéologie jurassienne, 22, 2009, 256 pages, 192 figures, 31 planches et 1 dépliant.

Ce volume publié en 2009 vient s’ajouter aux nombreux ouvrages déjà consacrés aux résultats des fouilles effectuées sur le tracé de l’autoroute A16 Transjurane située sur le versant suisse du massif du Jura. Comme les autres volumes, il est publié dans l’excellente collection des Cahiers d’Archéologie Jurassienne (CAJ), collection née de la collaboration entre l’Office de la culture du canton du Jura et la Société jurassienne d’émulation. Pour les publications concernant ce site de Delémont-E..