Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe

Populations from North-eastern Europe, in particular those speaking Uralic languages, carry additional ancestry in similarity with modern East Asian populations. Here, the authors analyse ancient genomic data from 11 individuals from Finland and Northwest Russia, and identify genomic signals of migr...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Kerttu Majander, Choongwon Jeong, Elina Salmela, Anna Wessman, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Valery Khartanovich, Oleg Balanovsky, Matthias Ongyerth, Antje Weihmann, Antti Sajantila, Janet Kelso, Svante Pääbo, Päivi Onkamo, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause, Stephan Schiffels
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Science
Q
Fennoscandian
Northwest Russia
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07483-5
https://doaj.org/article/3b8bc2d7a09147fe8e5edea5c002ac12
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Summary:Populations from North-eastern Europe, in particular those speaking Uralic languages, carry additional ancestry in similarity with modern East Asian populations. Here, the authors analyse ancient genomic data from 11 individuals from Finland and Northwest Russia, and identify genomic signals of migrations from Siberia that began at least 3500 years ago.

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