TY - JOUR
T1 - Ancient DNA reveals diverse community organizations in the 5th millennium BCE Carpathian Basin
AU - Szécsényi-Nagy, Anna
AU - Virag, Cristian
AU - Jakab, Kristóf
AU - Rohland, Nadin
AU - Ringbauer, Harald
AU - Anders, Alexandra
AU - Raczky, Pál
AU - Hajdu, Tamás
AU - Kiss, Krisztián
AU - Szeniczey, Tamás
AU - Évinger, Sándor
AU - Keszi, Tamás
AU - Virág, Zsuzsanna M
AU - Cheronet, Olivia
AU - Mallick, Swapan
AU - Akbari, Ali
AU - Pinhasi, Ron
AU - Reich, David
AU - Siklósi, Zsuzsanna
PY - 2025/1/3
Y1 - 2025/1/3
N2 - We present a comprehensive genetic investigation of Late Neolithic (LN) and Early Copper Age (ECA) populations living in the Carpathian Basin, leveraging whole genome data from 125 previously unreported individuals. Using population genetics, kinship analyses and the study of networks of identity-by-descent haplotype segment sharing, we elucidate the social and genetic dynamics of these communities between 4800-3900 cal BCE. Despite changes in settlement patterns, burial practices, and material culture, we document a high degree of genetic continuity. While one set of individuals we analyzed from a large community cemetery was genetically diverse, another site was more homogenous and closed, with numerous consanguineous relationships and evidence of patrilineality and patrilocality. These results document radically different kinship systems in contemporaneous ECA communities using similar material culture and living only about 100 km apart.
AB - We present a comprehensive genetic investigation of Late Neolithic (LN) and Early Copper Age (ECA) populations living in the Carpathian Basin, leveraging whole genome data from 125 previously unreported individuals. Using population genetics, kinship analyses and the study of networks of identity-by-descent haplotype segment sharing, we elucidate the social and genetic dynamics of these communities between 4800-3900 cal BCE. Despite changes in settlement patterns, burial practices, and material culture, we document a high degree of genetic continuity. While one set of individuals we analyzed from a large community cemetery was genetically diverse, another site was more homogenous and closed, with numerous consanguineous relationships and evidence of patrilineality and patrilocality. These results document radically different kinship systems in contemporaneous ECA communities using similar material culture and living only about 100 km apart.
U2 - 10.1101/2025.01.02.631136
DO - 10.1101/2025.01.02.631136
M3 - Article
C2 - 39803566
SN - 2692-8205
JO - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
JF - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
ER -