在新石器时代中部乌克兰的特里皮利亚农民和北特的采摘牧民之间的互动
Alexey G Nikitin1, Mykhailo Videiko2, Nick Patterson3,4
1Department of Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 14, 2023
概括
来自科洛米茨维亚尔海峡 (KYT) 的人类骨片段的分析揭示了新石器时代晚期农民和北庞特斯蒂普草原人口之间的相互作用. 有证据表明,Trypillian农民和Serednii Stih地平线居民之间可能存在基因流动.
科学领域:
- 考古遗传学 考古遗传学
- 古代饮食学研究
- 欧洲史前史 欧洲史前史
背景情况:
- 东欧的新石器时期见证了前库库特尼-库库特尼-特里皮利亚复合体 (PCCTC) 农业社会的兴起.
- 随着他们的定居点扩大,PCCTC农民与来自北庞特斯草原的采摘牧民团体互动.
- 虽然文化交流得到了注意 (例如,Cucuteni C陶器),但Trypillian农民和草原群体之间的生物相互作用仍然不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查Trypillian农民和新石器时期的庞特斯蒂普草原种群之间的生物相互作用的程度.
- 为了分析来自乌克兰科洛米茨维亚尔通道 (KYT) 定居点的人类骨片.
- 来自KYT网站的个体的饮食习惯,地理来源和祖先的确定.
主要方法:
- 人类骨碎片的稳定同位素分析 (饮食).
- 人类骨碎片的同位素分析 (地理来源).
- 对遗传祖先的古代DNA (aDNA) 分析.
主要成果:
- 饮食稳定同位素比例表明,KYT个体的饮食与北特的采集者牧民一致.
- 同位素比表明该个体起源于与Serednii Stih (Sredny Stog) 文化相关的地区.
- 遗传分析显示,祖先与原始亚姆纳人群有关,特别类似于塞雷迪尼斯蒂赫人群.
结论:
- 科洛米茨维亚尔海峡遗址提供了特里皮利亚农民与塞雷德尼斯蒂赫地平线的庞特斯梯田居民之间的相互作用的证据.
- 这些发现表明,早在公元前4千年初,这些群体之间就存在潜在的基因流动.
- 这项研究强调了东欧新石器时代内复杂的关系和流动性.
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