FRANGIPANE , Marcella

The encounter of the communities of the Anatolian Upper Euphrates with the Kura-Araxes cultural traditions was a long and complex process that cannot be reduced to the abrupt 'arrival' of migrant communities from East Anatolia or South Caucasus. The historical, political and cultural 'complexities' embedded in this encounter are best...

Here, we report genome-wide data analyses from 110 ancient Near Eastern individuals spanning the LateNeolithic to Late Bronze Age, a period characterized by intense interregional interactions for the NearEast. We find that 6th millennium BCE populations of North/Central Anatolia and the Southern Caucasusshared mixed ancestry on a genetic cline...