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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of eneolithic trypillians from Ukraine reveals neolithic farming genetic roots.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Nikitin Alexey G, Potekhina Inna, Rohland Nadin, Mallick Swapan, Reich David, Lillie Malcolm
Abstract excerpt
The agricultural revolution in Eastern Europe began in the Eneolithic with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture complex. In Ukraine, the Trypillian culture (TC) existed for over two millennia (ca. 5,400-2,700 BCE) and left a wealth of artifacts. Yet, their burial rituals remain a mystery and to date almost nothing is known about the genetic composition of the TC population. One of the very few TC sites where human...
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