% pubman genre = article @article{item_3485949, title = {{Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean}}, author = {Skourtanioti, Eirini and Ringbauer, Harald and Gnecchi Ruscone, Guido Alberto and Bianco, Raffaela Angelina and Burri, Marta and Freund, C{\"a}cilia and Furtw{\"a}ngler, Anja and Gomes Martins, Nuno Filipe and Knolle, Florian and Neumann, Gunnar and Tiliakou, Anthi and Agelarakis, Anagnostis and Andreadaki-Vlazaki, Maria and Betancourt, Philip and Hallager, Birgitta P. and Jones, Olivia A. and Kakavogianni, Olga and Kanta, Athanasia and Karkanas, Panagiotis and Kataki, Efthymia and Kissas, Konstantinos and Koehl, Robert and Kvapil, Lynne and Maran, Joseph and McGeorge, Photini J. P. and Papadimitriou, Alkestis and Papathanasiou, Anastasia and Papazoglou-Manioudaki, Lena and Paschalidis, Kostas and Polychronakou-Sgouritsa, Naya and Preve, Sofia and Prevedorou, Eleni-Anna and Price, Gypsy and Protopapadaki, Eftychia and Schmidt-Schultz, Tyede and Schultz, Michael and Shelton, Kim and Wiener, Malcolm H. and Krause, Johannes and Jeong, Choongwon and Stockhammer, Philipp W.}, language = {eng}, issn = {2397-334X}, doi = {10.1038/s41559-022-01952-3}, publisher = {Springer}, year = {2023}, abstract = {{The Neolithic and Bronze Ages were highly transformative periods for{\textless}br{\textgreater}the genetic history of Europe but for the Aegean{\textemdash}a region fundamental{\textless}br{\textgreater}to Europe{\textquoteright}s prehistory{\textemdash}the biological dimensions of cultural transitions{\textless}br{\textgreater}have been elucidated only to a limited extent so far. We have analysed newly{\textless}br{\textgreater}generated genome-wide data from 102 ancient individuals from Crete, the{\textless}br{\textgreater}Greek mainland and the Aegean Islands, spanning from the Neolithic to{\textless}br{\textgreater}the Iron Age. We found that the early farmers from Crete shared the same{\textless}br{\textgreater}ancestry as other contemporaneous Neolithic Aegeans. In contrast, the end{\textless}br{\textgreater}of the Neolithic period and the following Early Bronze Age were marked by{\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textquoteleft}eastern{\textquoteright} gene flow, which was predominantly of Anatolian origin in Crete.{\textless}br{\textgreater}Confirming previous findings for additional Central/Eastern European{\textless}br{\textgreater}ancestry in the Greek mainland by the Middle Bronze Age, we additionally{\textless}br{\textgreater}show that such genetic signatures appeared in Crete gradually from the{\textless}br{\textgreater}seventeenth to twelfth centuries bc, a period when the influence of the{\textless}br{\textgreater}mainland over the island intensified. Biological and cultural connectedness{\textless}br{\textgreater}within the Aegean is also supported by the finding of consanguineous{\textless}br{\textgreater}endogamy practiced at high frequencies, unprecedented in the global{\textless}br{\textgreater}ancient DNA record. Our results highlight the potential of archaeogenomic{\textless}br{\textgreater}approaches in the Aegean for unravelling the interplay of genetic admixture,{\textless}br{\textgreater}marital and other cultural practices}}, journal = {{Nature Ecology {\&} Evolution}}, volume = {7}, pages = {290--303}, }