The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia

M. Narasimhan, Vagheesh; Patterson, Nick; Moorjani, Priya; Rohland, Nadin; Bernardos, Rebecca; Mallick, Swapan; Lazaridis, Iosif; Nakatsuka, Nathan; Olalde, Íñigo; Lipson, Mark; M. Kim, Alexander; M. Olivieri, Luca; Coppa, Alfredo; Vidale, Massimo; P. Mallory, J.; Moiseyev, Vyacheslav; Kitov, Еgor; Monge, Janet; Adamski, Nicole; Alex, Neel; Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen; Candilio, Francesca; Callan, Kimberly; Cheronet, Olivia; J. Culleton, Brendan; Ferry, Matthew; Fernandes, Daniel; Freilich, Suzanne; Gamarra, Beatriz; Gaudio, Daniel; Hajdinjak, Mateja; Harney, Éadaoin; K. Harper, Thomas; Keating, Denise; Marie Lawson, Ann; Mah, Matthew; Mandl, Kirsten; Michel, Megan; Novak, Mario; Oppenheimer, Jonas; Rai, Niraj; Sirak, Kendra; Slon, Viviane; Stewardson, Kristin; Zalzala, Fatma; Zhang, Zhao; Akhatov, Gaziz; Bagashev, A.N.; Bagnera, Alessandra; Baitanayev, Bauryzhan; Bendezú-Sarmiento, Julio; A. Bissembaev, Arman; Luca Bonora, Gian; Chargynov, Temirlan; А. Чикишева, Т.; K. Dashkovskiy, Petr; П. Деревянко, А.; Dobeš, Miroslav; Douka, Katerina; Дубова, Надежда; N. Duisengali, Meiram; Enshin, D.N.; Epimakhov, Andrey; V. Fribus, Alexey; Q. Fuller, Dorian; Goryachev, Alexander; Gromov, Andrey; Грушин, С.П.; Hanks, Bryan; A. Judd, Margaret; Kazizov, Erlan; Khokhlov, Aleksandr; P. Krygin, Aleksander; Kupriyanova, Elena; Kuznetsov, Pavel; Luiselli, Donata; Maksudov, Farhod; M. Mamedov, Aslan; B. Mamirov, Talgat; Meiklejohn, Christopher; C. Merrett, Deborah; Micheli, Roberto; Dmitrievich Mochalov, Oleg; Mustafokulov, Samariddin; Nayak, Ayushi; Pettener, Davide; Potts, Richard; Razhev, Dmitry; P. Rykun, Marina; Sarno, Stefania; M. Savenkova, Tatyana; Sikhymbaeva, Kulyan; Slepchenko, Sergey; A. Soltobaev, Oroz; Stepanova, N.; V Svyatko, Svetlana; Tabaldiev, Kubatbek; Teschler‐Nicola, Maria; Тишкин, А.; В. Ткачев, В.; Vasilyev, Sergey; Velemínský, Petr; Voyakin, Dmitriy; Yermolayeva, Antonina; Zahir, Muhammad; S. Zubkov, Valery; В. Зубова, А.; Shinde, Vasant; Lalueza‐Fox, Carles; Meyer, Matthias; W. Anthony, David; Boivin, Nicole; Thangaraj, Kumarasamy; J. Kennett, Douglas; D. Frachetti, Michael; Pinhasi, Ron; Reich, David

doi:10.1126/science.aat7487

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The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia

Published in Science • Sep 5, 2019

Authors:

Vagheesh M. Narasimhan

Nick Patterson

Priya Moorjani

Abstract

By sequencing 523 ancient humans, we show that the primary source of ancestry in modern South Asians is a prehistoric genetic gradient between people related to early hunter-gatherers of Iran and Southeast Asia. After the Indus Valley Civilization's decline, its people mixed with individuals in the ...

Subject

Prehistory

Central asia

Geography

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