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Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons.

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cam.issuedOnline2016-01-19
dc.contributor.authorMartiniano, Rui
dc.contributor.authorCaffell, Anwen
dc.contributor.authorHolst, Malin
dc.contributor.authorHunter-Mann, Kurt
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, Janet
dc.contributor.authorMüldner, Gundula
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Russell L
dc.contributor.authorTeasdale, Matthew D
dc.contributor.authorvan Rheenen, Wouter
dc.contributor.authorVeldink, Jan H
dc.contributor.authorvan den Berg, Leonard H
dc.contributor.authorHardiman, Orla
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Maureen
dc.contributor.authorRoskams, Steve
dc.contributor.authorOxley, John
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Mark G
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Ian
dc.contributor.authorMcDonnell, Christine
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Matthew J
dc.contributor.authorBradley, Daniel G
dc.contributor.orcidTeasdale, Matthew [0000-0002-7376-9975]
dc.contributor.orcidCollins, Matthew [0000-0003-4226-5501]
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-23T00:33:13Z
dc.date.available2018-11-23T00:33:13Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-19
dc.description.abstractThe purported migrations that have formed the peoples of Britain have been the focus of generations of scholarly controversy. However, this has not benefited from direct analyses of ancient genomes. Here we report nine ancient genomes (∼ 1 ×) of individuals from northern Britain: seven from a Roman era York cemetery, bookended by earlier Iron-Age and later Anglo-Saxon burials. Six of the Roman genomes show affinity with modern British Celtic populations, particularly Welsh, but significantly diverge from populations from Yorkshire and other eastern English samples. They also show similarity with the earlier Iron-Age genome, suggesting population continuity, but differ from the later Anglo-Saxon genome. This pattern concords with profound impact of migrations in the Anglo-Saxon period. Strikingly, one Roman skeleton shows a clear signal of exogenous origin, with affinities pointing towards the Middle East, confirming the cosmopolitan character of the Empire, even at its northernmost fringes.
dc.format.mediumElectronic
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.33194
dc.identifier.eissn2041-1723
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285850
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEmigration and Immigration
dc.subjectGenetics, Population
dc.subjectGenomics
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectUnited Kingdom
dc.subjectWhite People
dc.titleGenomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-11-25
prism.publicationDate2016
prism.publicationNameNat Commun
prism.startingPage10326
prism.volume7
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2016-01-19
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1038/ncomms10326

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