Ancient genomics in Neolithic Central Anatolia and Çatalhöyük

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2021-01-01

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Yaka, Reyhan
Doğu, Ayça
Kaptan, Damla
Dağtaş, Nihan Dilşad
Chyleński, Maciej
Vural, Kıvılcım Başak
Altınışık, Nefize Ezgi
Mapelli, Igor
Koptekin, Dilek
Karamurat, Cansu
Gemici, Hasan Can
Yorulmaz, Sevgi
Lagerholm, Vendela Kempe
Fer, Evrim
Işıldak, Ulaş
Ghalichi, Ayshin
Kılınç, Gülşah Merve
Mazzucato, Camilla
Juras, Anna
Marciniak, Arkadiusz
Larsen, Clark S.
Pilloud, Marin
Haddow, Scott D.
Knüsel, Christopher J.
Togan, İnci
Götherström, Anders
Erdal, Yılmaz Selim
Sürer, Elif
Özer, Füsun
Atakuman, Çiğdem
Somel, Mehmet

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Over multiple millennia, from the earliest traces of long-term occupation of camp sites (ca 20,000 BC) to the development of full-scale farming (ca 8000–6000 BC), the Neolithic transition in southwest Asia gradually shaped human societies in dramatic ways (Nadel 2002; Maher et al. 2012; Asouti, Fuller 2013). Here we present recent insights from ancient genomics studies into these societies while focusing on two questions: the population processes driving cultural change in Neolithic central Anatolia and genetic kinship among Çatalhöyük co-burials.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/75676

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Peopling the Landscape Of Çatalhöyük: Reports from the 2009-2017 Seasons

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R. Yaka et al., Ancient genomics in Neolithic Central Anatolia and Çatalhöyük. 2021, p. 11.