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Martiniano, R, Caffell, A, Holst, M, Hunter-Mann, K, Montgomery, J, Mueldner, G, McLaughlin, RL, Teasdale, MD, van Rheenen, W, Veldink, JH, van den Berg, LH, Hardiman, O, Carroll, M, Roskams, S, Oxley, J, Morgan, C, Thomas, MG, Barnes, I, McDonnell, C, Collins, MJ and Bradley, DG (2016) Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 7. ISSN 2041-1723
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Abstract
The purported migrations that have formed the peoples of Britain have been the focus of generations of scholarly controversy. However, this has not benefited from direct analyses of ancient genomes. Here we report nine ancient genomes (∼1 ×) of individuals from northern Britain: seven from a Roman era York cemetery, bookended by earlier Iron-Age and later Anglo-Saxon burials. Six of the Roman genomes show affinity with modern British Celtic populations, particularly Welsh, but significantly diverge from populations from Yorkshire and other eastern English samples. They also show similarity with the earlier Iron-Age genome, suggesting population continuity, but differ from the later Anglo-Saxon genome. This pattern concords with profound impact of migrations in the Anglo-Saxon period. Strikingly, one Roman skeleton shows a clear signal of exogenous origin, with affinities pointing towards the Middle East, confirming the cosmopolitan character of the Empire, even at its northernmost fringes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Science & Technology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Science & Technology - Other Topics; WIDE ASSOCIATION; ANCIENT DNA; ANCESTRY; SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION; COLOR; RISK |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Divisions: | Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
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| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2020 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 06:59 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1038/ncomms10326 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13316 |
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