The Multiple Histories of Western Asia
Perspectives from Ancient and Modern Genomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18967490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Recep Ozgur Taskent (0000-0003-1604-0659, University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Omer Gokcumen (0000-0003-4371-679X, Bridge University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7143 • E-ISSN: 1534-6617 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/hub.2017.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W4297201181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
Western Asia lies at the heart of the Old World, in the midst of Africa, Asia, and Europe. As such, this region has been populated and repopulated by myriad peoples, starting with the first migrants from Africa. All evidence points to Western Asia for the beginnings of sedentary life, and indeed, first the villages and later the cities of this land remain as archaeological wonders, revealing complex histories of multiple peoples and their interactions. With the wondrous breakthroughs in genomic studies, we now have the power to look at these histories with a truly quantitative lens. Here, we review the recent anthropological genomics literature pertaining to this region, with an outlook for the future challenges and exciting possibilities for the field
Ancient history · Biology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Old World · Ecology · Forensic and Genetic Research · Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research · Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · History
Archaeology and language
The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences
Genes mirror geography within Europe
Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia
Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians
Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans
The Simons Genome Diversity Project
Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans
The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans
Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe
An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor
Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe
Ancient gene flow from early modern humans into Eastern Neanderthals
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains
Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East
Excavating Y-chromosome haplotype strata in Anatolia
A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome
Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia
Resurrecting Surviving Neandertal Lineages from Modern Human Genomes
Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variation
Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers
New Light on the Most Ancient East
Late Pleistocene dispersal corridors across the Iranian Plateau
Human dispersal across diverse environments of Asia during the Upper Pleistocene
DNA diversity and population admixture in Anatolia
Evolution and dispersal of the genus Homo
Biological Ancestries, Kinship Connections, and Projected Identities in Four Central Anatolian Settlements
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |