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Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

Zuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer, Garrett Hellenthal, Christian Sell, Yoan Diekmann, David Díez-del-Molino, Lucy van Dorp, Saioa López, Athanasios Kousathanas, Vivian Link, Karola Kirsanow, Lara M. Cassidy, Rui Martiniano, Melanie Strobel, Amelie Scheu, Kostas Kotsakis, Paul Halstead, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, View ORCID ProfileDushka Urem-Kotsou, Christina Ziota, Fotini Adaktylou, Shyamalika Gopalan, Dean M. Bobo, Laura Winkelbach, Jens Blöcher, Martina Unterländer, Christoph Leuenberger, Çiler Çilingiroğlu, Barbara Horejs, Fokke Gerritsen, Stephen J. Shennan, Daniel G. Bradley, Mathias Currat, Krishna R. Veeramah, View ORCID ProfileDaniel Wegmann, Mark G. Thomas, Christina Papageorgopoulou, and Joachim Burger
PNAS first published June 6, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1523951113
Zuzana Hofmanová
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Susanne Kreutzer
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Garrett Hellenthal
bDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;
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Christian Sell
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Yoan Diekmann
bDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;
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David Díez-del-Molino
bDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;
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Lucy van Dorp
bDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;
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Saioa López
bDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;
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Athanasios Kousathanas
cDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;dSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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Vivian Link
cDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;dSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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Karola Kirsanow
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Lara M. Cassidy
eMolecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;
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Rui Martiniano
eMolecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;
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Melanie Strobel
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Amelie Scheu
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;eMolecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;
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Kostas Kotsakis
fFaculty of Philosophy, School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Paul Halstead
gDepartment of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4ET, United Kingdom;
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Sevi Triantaphyllou
fFaculty of Philosophy, School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika
hHonorary Ephor of Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 106 82 Athens, Greece;
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Dushka Urem-Kotsou
iDepartment of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece;
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Christina Ziota
jEphorate of Antiquities of Florina, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 106 82 Athens, Greece;
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Fotini Adaktylou
kEphorate of Antiquities of Chalkidiki and Mount Athos, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 106 82 Athens, Greece;
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Shyamalika Gopalan
lDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5245;
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Dean M. Bobo
lDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5245;
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Laura Winkelbach
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Jens Blöcher
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Martina Unterländer
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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Christoph Leuenberger
mDepartment of Mathematics, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;
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Çiler Çilingiroğlu
nDepartment of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archeology, Faculty of Letters, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey;
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Barbara Horejs
oInstitute of Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1010 Vienna, Austria;
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Fokke Gerritsen
pNetherlands Institute in Turkey, Beyoglu 34433, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Stephen J. Shennan
qInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom;
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Daniel G. Bradley
eMolecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;
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Mathias Currat
rAnthropology Unit, Department of Genetics & Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland;
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Krishna R. Veeramah
lDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5245;
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Daniel Wegmann
cDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;dSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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Mark G. Thomas
bDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;
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Christina Papageorgopoulou
sLaboratory of Anthropology, Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece
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  • For correspondence: cpapage@he.duth.gr jburger@uni-mainz.de
Joachim Burger
aPalaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany;
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  • For correspondence: cpapage@he.duth.gr jburger@uni-mainz.de

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