{"entity": "researcher", "timestamp": "2026-08-11T14:06:42.320Z", "family": "Iriarte", "given": "Eneko", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0001-8365-5616", "affiliations": ["Laboratorio de Evoluci\u00f3n Humana, Departamento de Historia, Geograf\u00eda y Comunicaci\u00f3n, Universidad de Burgos, 09001, Burgos, Spain."], "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/112f0c5761e84deea89b2b7cb68521ce.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/112f0c5761e84deea89b2b7cb68521ce"}}, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "2aed043e07494edeb8d66c6047ca7cfd", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/2aed043e07494edeb8d66c6047ca7cfd.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/2aed043e07494edeb8d66c6047ca7cfd"}}, "title": "Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant.", "authors": [{"family": "Sim\u00f5es", "given": "Luciana G", "initials": "LG", "orcid": "0000-0002-6119-9776", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/eea5b7ccd8f84d44b2e0be03f5c4e762.json"}}, {"family": "G\u00fcnther", "given": "Torsten", "initials": "T", "orcid": "0000-0001-9460-390X", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/84159bff82a64a938bcff107f550c901.json"}}, {"family": "Mart\u00ednez-S\u00e1nchez", "given": "Rafael M", "initials": "RM"}, {"family": "Vera-Rodr\u00edguez", "given": "Juan Carlos", "initials": "JC"}, {"family": "Iriarte", "given": "Eneko", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0001-8365-5616", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/112f0c5761e84deea89b2b7cb68521ce.json"}}, {"family": "Rodr\u00edguez-Varela", "given": "Ricardo", "initials": "R"}, {"family": "Bokbot", "given": "Youssef", "initials": "Y"}, {"family": "Valdiosera", "given": "Cristina", "initials": "C", "orcid": "0000-0003-4948-2226", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/113ef0dde1dd48e388f75c43bd672005.json"}}, {"family": "Jakobsson", "given": "Mattias", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0001-7840-7853", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/8a4abe0fcb20492d9ec849c9fbf58a71.json"}}], "type": "comparative study", "published": "2023-06-00", "journal": {"title": "Nature", "issn": "1476-4687", "issn-l": "0028-0836", "volume": "618", "issue": "7965", "pages": "550-556"}, "abstract": "In northwestern Africa, lifestyle transitioned from foraging to food production around 7,400 years ago but what sparked that change remains unclear. Archaeological data support conflicting views: (1) that migrant European Neolithic farmers brought the new way of life to North Africa1-3 or (2) that local hunter-gatherers adopted technological innovations4,5. The latter view is also supported by archaeogenetic data6. Here we fill key chronological and archaeogenetic gaps for the Maghreb, from Epipalaeolithic to Middle Neolithic, by sequencing the genomes of nine individuals (to between 45.8- and 0.2-fold genome coverage). Notably, we trace 8,000 years of population continuity and isolation from the Upper Palaeolithic, via the Epipaleolithic, to some Maghrebi Neolithic farming groups. However, remains from the earliest Neolithic contexts showed mostly European Neolithic ancestry. We suggest that farming was introduced by European migrants and was then rapidly adopted by local groups. During the Middle Neolithic a new ancestry from the Levant appears in the Maghreb, coinciding with the arrival of pastoralism in the region, and all three ancestries blend together during the Late Neolithic. Our results show ancestry shifts in the Neolithization of northwestern Africa that probably mirrored a heterogeneous economic and cultural landscape, in a more multifaceted process than observed in other regions.", "doi": "10.1038/s41586-023-06166-6", "pmid": "37286608", "labels": {"NGI Short read": "Service", "NGI Uppsala (SNP&SEQ Technology Platform)": "Service", "National Genomics Infrastructure": "Service", "Bioinformatics Support for Computational Resources": "Service"}, "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC10266975"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1038/s41586-023-06166-6"}], "notes": [], "created": "2023-11-29T10:51:14.891Z", "modified": "2024-01-16T13:48:33.294Z"}, {"entity": "publication", "iuid": "1263db35dcf5464c8840a71f59c535e6", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/1263db35dcf5464c8840a71f59c535e6.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/1263db35dcf5464c8840a71f59c535e6"}}, "title": "Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant.", "authors": [{"family": "Srigyan", "given": "Megha", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Bol\u00edvar", "given": "H\u00e9ctor", "initials": "H", "orcid": "0000-0001-5898-643X", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/acff178f29e34a368b3f1c0105d473b7.json"}}, {"family": "Ure\u00f1a", "given": "Irene", "initials": "I", "orcid": "0000-0001-9724-9977", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/3b02b033776f4758acc477c75e4ec1ed.json"}}, {"family": "Santana", "given": "Jonathan", "initials": "J", "orcid": "0000-0002-9615-8560", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/e5a4f0fc23b847b98e0d57d22a8a756d.json"}}, {"family": "Petersen", "given": "Andrew", "initials": "A", "orcid": "0000-0003-3882-0867", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/69701b12d455487a9dd1ab55f9904327.json"}}, {"family": "Iriarte", "given": "Eneko", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0001-8365-5616", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/112f0c5761e84deea89b2b7cb68521ce.json"}}, {"family": "K\u0131rd\u00f6k", "given": "Emrah", "initials": "E"}, {"family": "Bergfeldt", "given": "Nora", "initials": "N"}, {"family": "Mora", "given": "Alice", "initials": "A", "orcid": "0000-0002-0313-8545", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/0ca97200bd0442c3a9d41b84e57c448e.json"}}, {"family": "Jakobsson", "given": "Mattias", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0001-7840-7853", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/8a4abe0fcb20492d9ec849c9fbf58a71.json"}}, {"family": "Abdo", "given": "Khaled", "initials": "K"}, {"family": "Braemer", "given": "Frank", "initials": "F"}, {"family": "Smith", "given": "Colin", "initials": "C"}, {"family": "Iba\u00f1ez", "given": "Juan Jos\u00e9", "initials": "JJ"}, {"family": "G\u00f6therstr\u00f6m", "given": "Anders", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "G\u00fcnther", "given": "Torsten", "initials": "T", "orcid": "0000-0001-9460-390X", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/84159bff82a64a938bcff107f550c901.json"}}, {"family": "Valdiosera", "given": "Cristina", "initials": "C", "orcid": "0000-0003-4948-2226", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/113ef0dde1dd48e388f75c43bd672005.json"}}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2022-06-07", "journal": {"title": "Commun Biol", "issn": "2399-3642", "issn-l": "2399-3642", "volume": "5", "issue": "1", "pages": "554"}, "abstract": "The Middle East plays a central role in human history harbouring a vast diversity of ethnic, cultural and religious groups. However, much remains to be understood about past and present genomic diversity in this region. Here we present a multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis of two individuals dated to the late 7th and early 8th centuries, the Umayyad Era, from Tell Qarassa, an open-air site in modern-day Syria. Radiocarbon dates and burial type are consistent with one of the earliest Islamic Arab burials in the Levant. Interestingly, we found genomic similarity to a genotyped group of modern-day Bedouins and Saudi rather than to most neighbouring Levantine groups. This study represents the genomic analysis of a secondary use site with characteristics consistent with an early Islamic burial in the Levant. We discuss our findings and possible historic scenarios in the light of forces such as genetic drift and their possible interaction with religious and cultural processes (including diet and subsistence practices).", "doi": "10.1038/s42003-022-03508-4", "pmid": "35672445", "labels": {"National Genomics Infrastructure": "Service", "NGI Stockholm (Genomics Production)": "Service", "NGI Short read": "Service", "Bioinformatics Support, Infrastructure and Training": "Service", "Bioinformatics Long-term Support WABI": "Service", "Bioinformatics Support for Computational Resources": "Service", "Bioinformatics (NBIS)": "Service"}, "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC9174286"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1038/s42003-022-03508-4"}], "notes": [], "created": "2022-08-19T08:37:53.525Z", "modified": "2024-01-16T13:48:36.218Z"}]}