Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Faculta de Ciencias, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
Departamento Geografía e Historia, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
Ann Hum Biol. 2021 May;48(3):179-190. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1942205.
A substantial portion of ancient DNA research has been centred on understanding European populations' origin and evolution. A rchaeological evidence has already shown that the peopling of Europe involved an intricate pattern of demic and/or cultural diffusion since the Upper Palaeolithic, which became more evident during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. However, ancient DNA data has been crucial in determining if cultural changes occurred due to the movement of ideas or people. With the advent of next-generation sequencing and population-based paleogenomic research, ancient DNA studies have been directed not only at the study of continental human migrations, but also to the detailed analysis of particular archaeological sites, the processes of domestication, or the spread of disease during prehistoric times. With this vast paleogenomic effort added to a proper archaeological contextualisation of results, a deeper understanding of Europe's peopling is starting to emanate.
大量的古 DNA 研究集中在了解欧洲人群的起源和演化上。考古证据已经表明，自旧石器时代以来，欧洲的殖民涉及到一个复杂的人群和/或文化扩散模式，在新石器时代和青铜时代时期变得更加明显。然而，古 DNA 数据对于确定文化变化是由于思想还是人的流动而发生至关重要。随着下一代测序和基于人群的古基因组学研究的出现，古 DNA 研究不仅指向大陆人类迁徙的研究，还指向特定考古遗址、驯化过程或史前疾病传播的详细分析。随着这项庞大的古基因组研究与对结果进行适当的考古学语境化相结合，人们开始更深入地了解欧洲的殖民化。
