Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons

Rui Martiniano; Anwen Caffell; Malin Holst; Kurt Hunter-Mann; Janet Montgomery; Gundula Müldner; Russell L. McLaughlin; Matthew D. Teasdale; Wouter Van Rheenen; Jan H. Veldink; Leonard H. van den Berg; Orla Hardiman; Maureen Carroll; Steve Roskams; John Oxley; Colleen Morgan; Mark G. Thomas; Ian Barnes; Christine McDonnell; Matthew J. Collins; Daniel G. Bradley

doi:10.1038/ncomms10326

Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons

Rui Martiniano, Anwen Caffell, Malin Holst, Kurt Hunter-Mann, Janet Montgomery, Gundula Müldner, Russell L. McLaughlin, Matthew D. Teasdale, Wouter Van Rheenen, Jan H. Veldink, Leonard H. van den Berg, Orla Hardiman, Maureen Carroll, Steve Roskams, John Oxley, Colleen Morgan, Mark G. Thomas, Ian Barnes, Christine McDonnell, Matthew J. CollinsDaniel G. Bradley^*

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

The purported migrations that have formed the peoples of Britain have been the focus of generations of scholarly controversy. However, this has not benefited from direct analyses of ancient genomes. Here we report nine ancient genomes (â 1/41 ×) of individuals from northern Britain: seven from a Roman era York cemetery, bookended by earlier Iron-Age and later Anglo-Saxon burials. Six of the Roman genomes show affinity with modern British Celtic populations, particularly Welsh, but significantly diverge from populations from Yorkshire and other eastern English samples. They also show similarity with the earlier Iron-Age genome, suggesting population continuity, but differ from the later Anglo-Saxon genome. This pattern concords with profound impact of migrations in the Anglo-Saxon period. Strikingly, one Roman skeleton shows a clear signal of exogenous origin, with affinities pointing towards the Middle East, confirming the cosmopolitan character of the Empire, even at its northernmost fringes.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	10326
Tidsskrift	Nature Communications
Vol/bind	7
Antal sider	8
ISSN	2041-1723
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326
Status	Udgivet - 2016
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M., Hunter-Mann, K., Montgomery, J., Müldner, G., McLaughlin, R. L., Teasdale, M. D., Van Rheenen, W., Veldink, J. H., van den Berg, L. H., Hardiman, O., Carroll, M., Roskams, S., Oxley, J., Morgan, C., Thomas, M. G., Barnes, I., McDonnell, C., ... Bradley, D. G. (2016). Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nature Communications, 7, Artikel 10326. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326

Martiniano, R, Caffell, A, Holst, M, Hunter-Mann, K, Montgomery, J, Müldner, G, McLaughlin, RL, Teasdale, MD, Van Rheenen, W, Veldink, JH, van den Berg, LH, Hardiman, O, Carroll, M, Roskams, S, Oxley, J, Morgan, C, Thomas, MG, Barnes, I, McDonnell, C, Collins, MJ & Bradley, DG 2016, 'Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons', Nature Communications, bind 7, 10326. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326

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