Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe
Pontus SkoglundDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenHelena MalmströmDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenMaanasa RaghavanCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkJan StoråOsteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenPer HallDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenEske WillerslevCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkM. Thomas P. GilbertCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkAnders GötherströmDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenMattias JakobssonDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Farmer Displaced European Hunters Our understanding of prehistoric demography and human evolution has been improved by analysis of ancient DNA. Skoglund et al. (p. 466) describe the retrieval and analysis of genomic DNA from ancient (~5000-year-old) northern European Neolithic individuals within modern Sweden. These include three hunter-gatherers from the Pitted Ware Culture horizon and one farmer ascribed to the Mid-Neolithic North-Central TRB culture. The hunter-gatherers displayed a distinct genetic signature, similar to that of extant northern Europeans, whereas the farmer's genetic signature more closely resembled southern Europeans, suggesting migration and admixture during the spread of farming.
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