Meanwhile, descendants of
Anatolian farmers from sites like Barcin Höyük (left) expanded west into Europe.
Evidence of
the Anatolian farmers is a few thousand years younger than the Iranian remains.
The DNA analysis revealed that the early Romanian genomes had significant input from Western hunter - gatherers, but still showed a sizable contribution from
Anatolian farmers.
Were Kurgan horsemen or
Anatolian farmers responsible for creating and spreading the world's most far - flung language family?
There,
Anatolian farmers from the Near East swept into Europe with a package of artifacts including tools, seeds, and domesticated animals, and replaced or interbred with the local hunter - gatherers 12,000 to 8000 years ago.
First DNA from ancient
Anatolian farmers shows how Europeans evolved, suggests early spread of celiac disease
The farmers» DNA was compared with DNA from three Neolithic hunter - gatherers found in Hungary, Luxembourg and Spain; a fourth hunter - gatherer from Italy dating to about 14,000 years ago; and 25
Anatolian farmers from as early as 8,500 years ago.
Not exact matches
The sanctuary also runs an
Anatolian sheepdog project which breeds and places
Anatolian guard dogs with
farmer's flocks to ward off predators.
Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey's
Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant
farmers as previously thought, according to new research by the University of Liverpool.
The researchers also learned how descendants of each early farming group, even as they began to intermingle, contributed to the genetic ancestry of people in different parts of the world:
Farmers related to the Anatolian group spread west into Europe, people related to the Levant group moved south into East Africa, people related to those in Iran or the Caucasus went north into the Russian steppe, and people related to both the farmers in Iran and hunter - gatherers from the steppe spread into Sout
Farmers related to the
Anatolian group spread west into Europe, people related to the Levant group moved south into East Africa, people related to those in Iran or the Caucasus went north into the Russian steppe, and people related to both the
farmers in Iran and hunter - gatherers from the steppe spread into Sout
farmers in Iran and hunter - gatherers from the steppe spread into South Asia.
The research found that early
farmers of Israel and Jordan were genetically distinct from those in the Zagros Mountains, and that both populations were distinct from the western
Anatolians.
The
Anatolian Shepherd breed is particularly popular in Turkey where it serves as an independent livestock guardian, protecting
farmer's flocks of sheep from such predators as wolves, jackals, bears and cheetahs.
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