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Genetic transitions in the Neolithic and Bronze Age at Mas d'en Boixos (Catalonia, Spain)
Roca Rada, Xavier (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, US)
Cuesta-Aguirre, Daniel R. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Vinueza Espinosa, Diana C. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Davidson, Roberta (The University of Adelaide (Austràlia))
Ravishankar, Shyamsundar (The University of Adelaide (Austràlia))
Taufik, Leonard (The University of Adelaide (Austràlia))
Armentano Oller, Núria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Esteve, Xavier (Generalitat de Catalunya. Servei de Patrimoni Arqueològic i Paleontològic)
Souilmi, Yassine (The University of Adelaide (Austràlia))
Teixeira, João C. (The University of Adelaide (Austràlia))
Malgosa Morera, Assumpció (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Llamas, Bastien (The University of Adelaide (Austràlia))
Pereira dos Santos, Cristina Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)

Date: 2025
Description: 18 pàg.
Abstract: Mas d'en Boixos is a key prehistoric site in Northeastern Iberia spanning from the Early Neolithic to the Late Iron Age. We analyzed genome-wide data from eight individuals and ten mitogenomes, dated to the Middle Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, alongside three previously published Iron Age individuals. Two Middle Neolithic individuals buried together were first-degree maternal relatives and carried Western Hunter-Gatherer, Anatolian, and residual Magdalenian-associated ancestries. Conversely, six Early Bronze Age individuals buried in a hypogeum exhibited distinct mitochondrial lineages. Among them, three were third-degree relatives, and all males shared a Y-chromosome lineage, consistent with a collective burial of an extended family within a patrilocal society practicing possible female exogamy. These individuals showed genetic continuity with additional Steppe-related ancestry, which displayed a subtle southward gradient across Iberia. We also identified an Eastern European mitochondrial lineage-challenging the proposed male-driven Bronze Age transition-and Mediterranean gene flow-suggesting dynamic interactions across the sea.
Grants: Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-136748NB-I00
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Biological sciences ; Human genetics ; Paleobiology ; Ancient dna ; Origins ; Transformation ; Iberian peninsula ; Genomic history ; Europe ; Light ; Mtdna haplogroup-h ; Early farmers
Published in: iScience, Vol. 28, Num. 7 (July 2025) , art. 112871, ISSN 2589-0042

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112871
PMID: 40687794


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