Publications by authors named "Pavel Mirea"
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- The Linearbandkeramik (LBK) Neolithic communities were pioneers in spreading agriculture across Europe and this study showcases genetic data from 250 individuals to understand their ancestry.
- The findings reveal a notable difference in ancestry, with eastern LBK sites having a higher percentage of western hunter-gatherer genetics compared to western sites, indicating separate genetic paths for these groups.
- Additionally, the research suggests a patrilocal social structure, featuring more genetic connections among males within sites, and points out that the massacre at Asparn-Schletz likely involved individuals from a large population rather than a small community.
Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium bc, and was associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading throughout Europe. Here, to understand the dynamics of this process, we analysed genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe and surrounding regions between 12000 and 500 bc. We document a west-east cline of ancestry in indigenous hunter-gatherers and, in eastern Europe, the early stages in the formation of Bronze Age steppe ancestry.
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- Pigs were first domesticated in Eastern Anatolia around the ninth millennium BC and were spread to Europe by Neolithic farmers starting in the seventh millennium, with evidence of mixing domestic pigs and European wild boar during this time.
- A study combining tooth analysis of 449 ancient Romanian pig teeth and ancient DNA indicated that early domestic pigs in Romania shared maternal genetic signatures with Neolithic pigs from Anatolia.
- Findings showed a significant presence of large molar teeth with domestic shapes from the beginning of the Romanian Neolithic, indicating ongoing hybridization between domesticated pigs and local wild boar, along with shifts in pig mitochondrial lineages possibly linked to human migrations in later prehistory.