Research ArticleANTHROPOLOGY
Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads
- View ORCID ProfileMaja Krzewińska1,*,†,
- View ORCID ProfileGülşah Merve Kılınç1,*,†,
- Anna Juras2,
- Dilek Koptekin3,
- View ORCID ProfileMaciej Chyleński4,
- View ORCID ProfileAlexey G. Nikitin5,
- View ORCID ProfileNikolai Shcherbakov6,
- View ORCID ProfileIia Shuteleva6,7,
- Tatiana Leonova6,
- View ORCID ProfileLiudmila Kraeva8,
- View ORCID ProfileFlarit A. Sungatov9,
- View ORCID ProfileAlfija N. Sultanova9,
- Inna Potekhina10,
- Sylwia Łukasik2,
- Marta Krenz-Niedbała2,
- View ORCID ProfileLove Dalén11,
- View ORCID ProfileVitaly Sinika12,13,
- View ORCID ProfileMattias Jakobsson14,15,16,
- View ORCID ProfileJan Storå17 and
- View ORCID ProfileAnders Götherström1,†
- 1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
- 3Department of Health Informatics, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 4Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89D, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
- 5Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.
- 6Laboratory of Methodology and Methods of Humanitarian Research, Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Octyabrskoy Revolutsii, 3A, 450007 Ufa, Russia.
- 7Institute of History and State Management, Bashkir State University, Zaki Validy Street 32, 450076 Ufa, Russia.
- 8Archaeological Laboratory, Orenburg State Pedagogical University, Orenburg, Russia.
- 9Archaeological Laboratory, Bashkir State University, Str. Validi Z. 32, Ufa, Russia.
- 10Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.
- 11Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Post Office Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
- 12Taras Shevchenko University in Tiraspol, October Street 25, 33-00 Tiraspol, Moldova.
- 13Nizhnevartovsk State University, Lenin Street, 56, Nizhnevartovsk, 628605, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Yugra, Russia.
- 14Subdepartment of Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 C, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
- 15Science for Life Laboratory, Norbyvägen 18 C, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
- 16Centre for Anthropological Research and Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Post Office Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa.
- 17Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: maja.krzewinska{at}arklab.su.se (M.K.); gulsahhdal{at}gmail.com (G.M.K.); anders.gotherstrom{at}arklab.su.se (A.G.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 03 Oct 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 10, eaat4457
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4457
Vol. 4, no. 10, eaat4457
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4457
Maja Krzewińska
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Gülşah Merve Kılınç
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna Juras
2Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Dilek Koptekin
3Department of Health Informatics, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
Maciej Chyleński
4Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89D, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Alexey G. Nikitin
5Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.
Nikolai Shcherbakov
6Laboratory of Methodology and Methods of Humanitarian Research, Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Octyabrskoy Revolutsii, 3A, 450007 Ufa, Russia.
Iia Shuteleva
6Laboratory of Methodology and Methods of Humanitarian Research, Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Octyabrskoy Revolutsii, 3A, 450007 Ufa, Russia.
7Institute of History and State Management, Bashkir State University, Zaki Validy Street 32, 450076 Ufa, Russia.
Tatiana Leonova
6Laboratory of Methodology and Methods of Humanitarian Research, Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Octyabrskoy Revolutsii, 3A, 450007 Ufa, Russia.
Liudmila Kraeva
8Archaeological Laboratory, Orenburg State Pedagogical University, Orenburg, Russia.
Flarit A. Sungatov
9Archaeological Laboratory, Bashkir State University, Str. Validi Z. 32, Ufa, Russia.
Alfija N. Sultanova
9Archaeological Laboratory, Bashkir State University, Str. Validi Z. 32, Ufa, Russia.
Inna Potekhina
10Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.
Sylwia Łukasik
2Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Marta Krenz-Niedbała
2Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Love Dalén
11Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Post Office Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
Vitaly Sinika
12Taras Shevchenko University in Tiraspol, October Street 25, 33-00 Tiraspol, Moldova.
13Nizhnevartovsk State University, Lenin Street, 56, Nizhnevartovsk, 628605, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Yugra, Russia.
Mattias Jakobsson
14Subdepartment of Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 C, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
15Science for Life Laboratory, Norbyvägen 18 C, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
16Centre for Anthropological Research and Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Post Office Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa.
Jan Storå
17Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders Götherström
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
