PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Krzewińska, Maja
AU  - Kılınç, Gülşah Merve
AU  - Juras, Anna
AU  - Koptekin, Dilek
AU  - Chyleński, Maciej
AU  - Nikitin, Alexey G.
AU  - Shcherbakov, Nikolai
AU  - Shuteleva, Iia
AU  - Leonova, Tatiana
AU  - Kraeva, Liudmila
AU  - Sungatov, Flarit A.
AU  - Sultanova, Alfija N.
AU  - Potekhina, Inna
AU  - Łukasik, Sylwia
AU  - Krenz-Niedbała, Marta
AU  - Dalén, Love
AU  - Sinika, Vitaly
AU  - Jakobsson, Mattias
AU  - Storå, Jan
AU  - Götherström, Anders
TI  - Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads
AID  - 10.1126/sciadv.aat4457
DP  - 2018 Oct 01
TA  - Science Advances
PG  - eaat4457
VI  - 4
IP  - 10
4099  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/eaat4457.short
4100  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/eaat4457.full
SO  - Sci Adv2018 Oct 01; 4
AB  - For millennia, the Pontic-Caspian steppe was a connector between the Eurasian steppe and Europe. In this scene, multidirectional and sequential movements of different populations may have occurred, including those of the Eurasian steppe nomads. We sequenced 35 genomes (low to medium coverage) of Bronze Age individuals (Srubnaya-Alakulskaya) and Iron Age nomads (Cimmerians, Scythians, and Sarmatians) that represent four distinct cultural entities corresponding to the chronological sequence of cultural complexes in the region. Our results suggest that, despite genetic links among these peoples, no group can be considered a direct ancestor of the subsequent group. The nomadic populations were heterogeneous and carried genetic affinities with populations from several other regions including the Far East and the southern Urals. We found evidence of a stable shared genetic signature, making the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe a likely source of western nomadic groups.