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Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans

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  • Iosif Lazaridis

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT)

  • Alissa Mittnik

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen)

  • Nick Patterson

    (Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
    Radcliffe Institute)

  • Swapan Mallick

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Nadin Rohland

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Saskia Pfrengle

    (Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen)

  • Anja Furtwängler

    (Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen)

  • Alexander Peltzer

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Integrative Transcriptomics, Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen)

  • Cosimo Posth

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen)

  • Andonis Vasilakis

    (23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities)

  • P. J. P. McGeorge

    (British School at Athens)

  • Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou

    (26th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Greek Ministry of Culture)

  • George Korres

    (University of Athens)

  • Holley Martlew

    (The Holley Martlew Archaeological Foundation, The Hellenic Archaeological Foundation, Tivoli House)

  • Manolis Michalodimitrakis

    (University of Crete Medical School)

  • Mehmet Özsait

    (Erenköy, Bayar caddesi, Eser Apt. Number 7)

  • Nesrin Özsait

    (Erenköy, Bayar caddesi, Eser Apt. Number 7)

  • Anastasia Papathanasiou

    (Ephorate of Paleoantropology and Speleology, Greek Ministry of Culture)

  • Michael Richards

    (Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby)

  • Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Yannis Tzedakis

    (Hellenic Archaeological Service, Samara, 27)

  • Robert Arnott

    (Green Templeton College, University of Oxford)

  • Daniel M. Fernandes

    (School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
    CIAS, University of Coimbra)

  • Jeffery R. Hughey

    (Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College)

  • Dimitra M. Lotakis

    (University of Washington, Seattle)

  • Patrick A. Navas

    (University of Washington, Seattle)

  • Yannis Maniatis

    (Laboratory of Archaeometry, National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’)

  • John A. Stamatoyannopoulos

    (University of Washington
    University of Washington
    Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences)

  • Kristin Stewardson

    (Harvard Medical School
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Philipp Stockhammer

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie und Provinzialrömische Archäologie)

  • Ron Pinhasi

    (School of Archaeology and Earth Institute, Belfield, University College Dublin
    University of Vienna)

  • David Reich

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Johannes Krause

    (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen)

  • George Stamatoyannopoulos

    (University of Washington, Seattle
    University of Washington)

Abstract

New genome-wide data for ancient, Bronze Age individuals, including Minoans, Mycenaeans, and southwestern Anatolians, show that Minoans and Mycenaeans were genetically very similar yet distinct, supporting the idea of continuity but not isolation in the history of populations of the Aegean.

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  • Iosif Lazaridis & Alissa Mittnik & Nick Patterson & Swapan Mallick & Nadin Rohland & Saskia Pfrengle & Anja Furtwängler & Alexander Peltzer & Cosimo Posth & Andonis Vasilakis & P. J. P. McGeorge & Ele, 2017. "Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans," Nature, Nature, vol. 548(7666), pages 214-218, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:548:y:2017:i:7666:d:10.1038_nature23310
    DOI: 10.1038/nature23310
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