Tracing the genetic origin of Europe's first farmers reveals insights into their social organization

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

(2014) Iosif Lazaridis et al.   NATURE

Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European

(2014) Iñigo Olalde et al.   NATURE

Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

(2014) A. Seguin-Orlando et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers

(2014) P. Skoglund et al.   SCIENCE

Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory

(2014) Cristina Gamba et al.   Nature Communications

Ancient DNA Analysis of 8000 B.C. Near Eastern Farmers Supports an Early Neolithic Pioneer Maritime Colonization of Mainland Europe through Cyprus and the Aegean Islands

(2014) Eva Fernández et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes

(2013) Qiaomei Fu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Female and Male Perspectives on the Neolithic Transition in Europe: Clues from Ancient and Modern Genetic Data

(2013) Rita Rasteiro et al.   PLoS One

Ancient DNA Reveals Key Stages in the Formation of Central European Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity

(2013) G. Brandt et al.   SCIENCE

Low-Pass DNA Sequencing of 1200 Sardinians Reconstructs European Y-Chromosome Phylogeny

(2013) P. Francalacci et al.   SCIENCE

2000 Years of Parallel Societies in Stone Age Central Europe

(2013) R. Bollongino et al.   SCIENCE

Emerging genetic patterns of the european neolithic: Perspectives from a late neolithic bell beaker burial site in Germany

(2012) Esther J. Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Genomic Affinities of Two 7,000-Year-Old Iberian Hunter-Gatherers

(2012) Federico Sánchez-Quinto et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Distinguishing the co-ancestries of haplogroup G Y-chromosomes in the populations of Europe and the Caucasus

(2012) Siiri Rootsi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Ancient DNA from Hunter-Gatherer and Farmer Groups from Northern Spain Supports a Random Dispersion Model for the Neolithic Expansion into Europe

(2012) Montserrat Hervella et al.   PLoS One

Community differentiation and kinship among Europe's first farmers

(2012) R. A. Bentley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Investigating sex-biased migration during the Neolithic transition in Europe, using an explicit spatial simulation framework

(2012) R. Rasteiro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

(2012) P. Skoglund et al.   SCIENCE

New insights into the Tyrolean Iceman's origin and phenotype as inferred by whole-genome sequencing

(2012) Andreas Keller et al.   Nature Communications

Parallel Evolution of Genes and Languages in the Caucasus Region

(2011) Oleg Balanovsky et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Caucasus as an Asymmetric Semipermeable Barrier to Ancient Human Migrations

(2011) B. Yunusbayev et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ancient DNA from an Early Neolithic Iberian population supports a pioneer colonization by first farmers

(2011) C. GAMBA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ancient DNA suggests the leading role played by men in the Neolithic dissemination

(2011) M. Lacan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ancient DNA reveals male diffusion through the Neolithic Mediterranean route

(2011) M. Lacan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

(2010) LAURENT EXCOFFIER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A Comparison of Y-Chromosome Variation in Sardinia and Anatolia Is More Consistent with Cultural Rather than Demic Diffusion of Agriculture

(2010) Laura Morelli et al.   PLoS One

Ancient DNA from European Early Neolithic Farmers Reveals Their Near Eastern Affinities

(2010) Wolfgang Haak et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for European Paternal Lineages

(2010) Patricia Balaresque et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data

(2009) P. Librado et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Craniometric Data Supports Demic Diffusion Model for the Spread of Agriculture into Europe

(2009) Ron Pinhasi et al.   PLoS One

Genetic Discontinuity Between Local Hunter-Gatherers and Central Europe's First Farmers

(2009) B. Bramanti et al.   SCIENCE

Migration Waves to the Baltic Sea Region

(2008) T. Lappalainen et al.   ANNALS OF HUMAN GENETICS

Y-chromosomal evidence of the cultural diffusion of agriculture in southeast Europe

(2008) Vincenza Battaglia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age

(2008) W. Haak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA