Research ArticleANTHROPOLOGY
Human population dynamics and Yersinia pestis in ancient northeast Asia
- View ORCID ProfileGülşah Merve Kılınç1,2,*,†,
- View ORCID ProfileNatalija Kashuba1,3,†,
- View ORCID ProfileDilek Koptekin4,
- View ORCID ProfileNora Bergfeldt5,6,
- View ORCID ProfileHandan Melike Dönertaş7,
- Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela1,6,
- Dmitrij Shergin8,
- View ORCID ProfileGrigorij Ivanov9,
- View ORCID ProfileDmitrii Kichigin10,
- View ORCID ProfileKjunnej Pestereva11,
- View ORCID ProfileDenis Volkov12,
- View ORCID ProfilePavel Mandryka13,
- View ORCID ProfileArtur Kharinskii10,
- View ORCID ProfileAlexey Tishkin14,
- Evgenij Ineshin8,
- Evgeniy Kovychev15,
- Aleksandr Stepanov16,
- View ORCID ProfileLove Dalén5,6,
- View ORCID ProfileTorsten Günther17,
- Emrah Kırdök6,18,
- View ORCID ProfileMattias Jakobsson17,
- View ORCID ProfileMehmet Somel19,
- View ORCID ProfileMaja Krzewińska1,6,
- View ORCID ProfileJan Storå20,* and
- View ORCID ProfileAnders Götherström1,6,*
- 1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2Department of Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
- 3Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, 75126 Uppsala, Sweden.
- 4Department of Health Informatics, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 5Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
- 6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
- 7European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD Cambridge, UK.
- 8Laboratory of Archaeology and Ethnography, Faculty of History and Methods, Department of Humanitarian and Aesthetic Education, Pedagogical Institute, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664011 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
- 9Irkutsk Museum of Regional Studies, Irkutsk, 664003 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
- 10Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Laboratory of Archaeology, Paleoecology and the Subsistence Strategies of the Peoples of Northern Asia, Irkutsk State Technical University, Irkutsk, 664074 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
- 11Faculty of History, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University,” Yakutsk, 677000 Sakha Republic, Russia.
- 12The Center for Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Amur Region, Blagoveshchensk, 675000 Amur Oblast, Russia.
- 13Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia.
- 14Department of Archaeology, Ethnography and Museology, Altai State University, Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray, Russia.
- 15Faculty of History, Transbaikal State University, Chita, 672039 Zabaykalsky Kray, Russia.
- 16Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University,” Yakutsk, 677000 Sakha Republic, Russia.
- 17Department of Organismal Biology and SciLife Lab, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 A, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
- 18Department of Biotechnology, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey.
- 19Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 20Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: anders.gotherstrom{at}arklab.su.se (A.G.); jan.stora{at}ofl.su.se (J.S.); gulsahkilinc{at}hacettepe.edu.tr (G.M.K.)
↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 06 Jan 2021:
Vol. 7, no. 2, eabc4587
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4587
Vol. 7, no. 2, eabc4587
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4587
Gülşah Merve Kılınç
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
2Department of Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
Natalija Kashuba
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
3Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, 75126 Uppsala, Sweden.
Dilek Koptekin
4Department of Health Informatics, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
Nora Bergfeldt
5Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Handan Melike Dönertaş
7European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD Cambridge, UK.
Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Dmitrij Shergin
8Laboratory of Archaeology and Ethnography, Faculty of History and Methods, Department of Humanitarian and Aesthetic Education, Pedagogical Institute, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664011 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Grigorij Ivanov
9Irkutsk Museum of Regional Studies, Irkutsk, 664003 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Dmitrii Kichigin
10Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Laboratory of Archaeology, Paleoecology and the Subsistence Strategies of the Peoples of Northern Asia, Irkutsk State Technical University, Irkutsk, 664074 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Kjunnej Pestereva
11Faculty of History, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University,” Yakutsk, 677000 Sakha Republic, Russia.
Denis Volkov
12The Center for Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Amur Region, Blagoveshchensk, 675000 Amur Oblast, Russia.
Pavel Mandryka
13Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia.
Artur Kharinskii
10Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Laboratory of Archaeology, Paleoecology and the Subsistence Strategies of the Peoples of Northern Asia, Irkutsk State Technical University, Irkutsk, 664074 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Alexey Tishkin
14Department of Archaeology, Ethnography and Museology, Altai State University, Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray, Russia.
Evgenij Ineshin
8Laboratory of Archaeology and Ethnography, Faculty of History and Methods, Department of Humanitarian and Aesthetic Education, Pedagogical Institute, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664011 Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Evgeniy Kovychev
15Faculty of History, Transbaikal State University, Chita, 672039 Zabaykalsky Kray, Russia.
Aleksandr Stepanov
16Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University,” Yakutsk, 677000 Sakha Republic, Russia.
Love Dalén
5Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Torsten Günther
17Department of Organismal Biology and SciLife Lab, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 A, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
Emrah Kırdök
6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
18Department of Biotechnology, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey.
Mattias Jakobsson
17Department of Organismal Biology and SciLife Lab, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 A, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
Mehmet Somel
19Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
Maja Krzewińska
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Jan Storå
20Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders Götherström
1Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
6Centre for Palaeogenetics, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
