%0 Journal Article %1 damgaard2018ancient %A Damgaard, Peter de Barros %A Marchi, Nina %A Rasmussen, Simon %A Peyrot, Michaël %A Renaud, Gabriel %A Korneliussen, Thorfinn %A Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor %A Pedersen, Mikkel Winther %A Goldberg, Amy %A Usmanova, Emma %A Baimukhanov, Nurbol %A Loman, Valeriy %A Hedeager, Lotte %A Pedersen, Anders Gorm %A Nielsen, Kasper %A Afanasiev, Gennady %A Akmatov, Kunbolot %A Aldashev, Almaz %A Alpaslan, Ashyk %A Baimbetov, Gabit %A Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. %A Beisenov, Arman %A Boldbaatar, Bazartseren %A Boldgiv, Bazartseren %A Dorzhu, Choduraa %A Ellingvag, Sturla %A Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav %A Dajani, Rana %A Dmitriev, Evgeniy %A Evdokimov, Valeriy %A Frei, Karin M. %A Gromov, Andrey %A Goryachev, Alexander %A Hakonarson, Hakon %A Hegay, Tatyana %A Khachatryan, Zaruhi %A Khaskhanov, Ruslan %A Kitov, Egor %A Kolbina, Alina %A Kubatbek, Tabaldiev %A Kukushkin, Alexey %A Kukushkin, Igor %A Lau, Nina %A Margaryan, Ashot %A Merkyte, Inga %A Mertz, Ilya V. %A Mertz, Viktor K. %A Mijiddorj, Enkhbayar %A Moiyesev, Vyacheslav %A Mukhtarova, Gulmira %A Nurmukhanbetov, Bekmukhanbet %A Orozbekova, Z. %A Panyushkina, Irina %A Pieta, Karol %A Smrčka, Václav %A Shevnina, Irina %A Logvin, Andrey %A Sjögren, Karl-Göran %A Štolcová, Tereza %A Tashbaeva, Kadicha %A Tkachev, Alexander %A Tulegenov, Turaly %A Voyakin, Dmitriy %A Yepiskoposyan, Levon %A Undrakhbold, Sainbileg %A Varfolomeev, Victor %A Weber, Andrzej %A Kradin, Nikolay %A Allentoft, Morten E. %A Orlando, Ludovic %A Nielsen, Rasmus %A Sikora, Martin %A Heyer, Evelyne %A Kristiansen, Kristian %A Willerslev, Eske %D 2018 %J Nature %K 2018 genetic history human paper world %N 7705 %P 369--374 %R 10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2 %T 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes %U https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2 %V 557 %X For thousands of years the Eurasian steppes have been a centre of human migrations and cultural change. Here we sequence the genomes of 137 ancient humans (about 1× average coverage), covering a period of 4,000 years, to understand the population history of the Eurasian steppes after the Bronze Age migrations. We find that the genetics of the Scythian groups that dominated the Eurasian steppes throughout the Iron Age were highly structured, with diverse origins comprising Late Bronze Age herders, European farmers and southern Siberian hunter-gatherers. Later, Scythians admixed with the eastern steppe nomads who formed the Xiongnu confederations, and moved westward in about the second or third century bc, forming the Hun traditions in the fourth–fifth century ad, and carrying with them plague that was basal to the Justinian plague. These nomads were further admixed with East Asian groups during several short-term khanates in the Medieval period. These historical events transformed the Eurasian steppes from being inhabited by Indo-European speakers of largely West Eurasian ancestry to the mostly Turkic-speaking groups of the present day, who are primarily of East Asian ancestry.

@article{damgaard2018ancient, abstract = {For thousands of years the Eurasian steppes have been a centre of human migrations and cultural change. Here we sequence the genomes of 137 ancient humans (about 1× average coverage), covering a period of 4,000 years, to understand the population history of the Eurasian steppes after the Bronze Age migrations. We find that the genetics of the Scythian groups that dominated the Eurasian steppes throughout the Iron Age were highly structured, with diverse origins comprising Late Bronze Age herders, European farmers and southern Siberian hunter-gatherers. Later, Scythians admixed with the eastern steppe nomads who formed the Xiongnu confederations, and moved westward in about the second or third century bc, forming the Hun traditions in the fourth–fifth century ad, and carrying with them plague that was basal to the Justinian plague. These nomads were further admixed with East Asian groups during several short-term khanates in the Medieval period. These historical events transformed the Eurasian steppes from being inhabited by Indo-European speakers of largely West Eurasian ancestry to the mostly Turkic-speaking groups of the present day, who are primarily of East Asian ancestry.}, added-at = {2018-05-17T20:47:05.000+0200}, author = {Damgaard, Peter de Barros and Marchi, Nina and Rasmussen, Simon and Peyrot, Michaël and Renaud, Gabriel and Korneliussen, Thorfinn and Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor and Pedersen, Mikkel Winther and Goldberg, Amy and Usmanova, Emma and Baimukhanov, Nurbol and Loman, Valeriy and Hedeager, Lotte and Pedersen, Anders Gorm and Nielsen, Kasper and Afanasiev, Gennady and Akmatov, Kunbolot and Aldashev, Almaz and Alpaslan, Ashyk and Baimbetov, Gabit and Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. and Beisenov, Arman and Boldbaatar, Bazartseren and Boldgiv, Bazartseren and Dorzhu, Choduraa and Ellingvag, Sturla and Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav and Dajani, Rana and Dmitriev, Evgeniy and Evdokimov, Valeriy and Frei, Karin M. and Gromov, Andrey and Goryachev, Alexander and Hakonarson, Hakon and Hegay, Tatyana and Khachatryan, Zaruhi and Khaskhanov, Ruslan and Kitov, Egor and Kolbina, Alina and Kubatbek, Tabaldiev and Kukushkin, Alexey and Kukushkin, Igor and Lau, Nina and Margaryan, Ashot and Merkyte, Inga and Mertz, Ilya V. and Mertz, Viktor K. and Mijiddorj, Enkhbayar and Moiyesev, Vyacheslav and Mukhtarova, Gulmira and Nurmukhanbetov, Bekmukhanbet and Orozbekova, Z. and Panyushkina, Irina and Pieta, Karol and Smrčka, Václav and Shevnina, Irina and Logvin, Andrey and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Štolcová, Tereza and Tashbaeva, Kadicha and Tkachev, Alexander and Tulegenov, Turaly and Voyakin, Dmitriy and Yepiskoposyan, Levon and Undrakhbold, Sainbileg and Varfolomeev, Victor and Weber, Andrzej and Kradin, Nikolay and Allentoft, Morten E. and Orlando, Ludovic and Nielsen, Rasmus and Sikora, Martin and Heyer, Evelyne and Kristiansen, Kristian and Willerslev, Eske}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bd42d948560f173d827bdd51c8ab5dac/achakraborty}, description = {137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes | Nature}, doi = {10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2}, interhash = {a20e7e5cc3d773453b1b2382ec22e5c2}, intrahash = {bd42d948560f173d827bdd51c8ab5dac}, issn = {14764687}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {2018 genetic history human paper world}, number = 7705, pages = {369--374}, refid = {Damgaard2018}, timestamp = {2018-05-17T20:47:05.000+0200}, title = {137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2}, volume = 557, year = 2018 }