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Chapter 13 - The Peopling of Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

By
Barbara Arredi ,
Estella S. Poloni  and
Chris Tyler-Smith
Edited by
Michael H. Crawford
Barbara Arredi
Affiliation:
University of Padua
Estella S. Poloni
Affiliation:
University of Geneva
Chris Tyler-Smith
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Michael H. Crawford
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
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Summary

Although hominins were present in Europe as early as ~780 thousand years ago, there is broad agreement that these archaic humans, including Neanderthals, contributed little to the contemporary European gene pool. In contrast, there is vigorous debate about the relative contributions of humans who entered in the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic. Here, we argue that the Y-chromosomal diversity pattern is likely to have a largely Neolithic or later origin. In addition to the genome-wide influences resulting from migration, admixture and drift, the effects of positive selection are detectable around some genes, such as lactase. Studies of species associated with humans, e.g. cattle, are providing additional insights.

Why study Europe?

Introductory remarks: why Europe?

The western edge of the Asian continent has a special status in studies of history, prehistory, anthropology and many other fields, more because of the origin of the people conducting these studies than the properties of the area. It is conventionally considered as a continent in its own right, Europe, although the geographical justification for this is difficult to see and a clear definition of parts of its eastern boundary, such as between the Urals and Bosphorus, is not easy to establish. Furthermore, much of the terminology we use and attempt to apply to the rest of the world, ‘Stone Age’, ‘Bronze Age’, etc. derives from studies of Europe. Now that we can take a more global view of some of these matters, does Europe still provide a legitimate unit of enquiry?

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Theory, Methods and Applications
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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