Genomic diversity and admixture differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian foragers and farmers

Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 13:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University reports a breakthrough on understanding the demographic history of Stone-Age humans. A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia revealed that expanding Stone-age farmers assimilated local hunter-gatherers and that the hunter-gatherers were historically in lower numbers than the farmers. The study is published today, ahead of print, in the journal Science.

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