Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East

Abstract

Iosif Lazaridis1,2,†, Dani Nadel3, Gary Rollefson4, Deborah C. Merrett5, Nadin Rohland1, Swapan Mallick1,2,6, Daniel Fernandes7,8, Mario Novak7,9, Beatriz Gamarra7, Kendra Sirak7,10, Sarah Connell7, Kristin Stewardson1,6, Eadaoin Harney1,6,11, Qiaomei Fu1,12,13, Gloria Gonzalez-Fortes14, Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg15, György Lengyel16, Fanny Bocquentin17, Boris Gasparian18, Janet M. Monge19, Michael Gregg19, Vered Eshed20, Ahuva-Sivan Mizrahi20, Christopher Meiklejohn21, Fokke Gerritsen22, Luminita Bejenaru23, Matthias Blüher24, Archie Campbell25, Gianpiero Cavalleri26, David Comas27, Philippe Froguel28,29, Edmund Gilbert26, Shona M. Kerr25, Peter Kovacs30, Johannes Krause31,32,33, Darren McGettigan34, Michael Merrigan35, D. Andrew Merriwether36, Seamus O'Reilly35, Martin B. Richards37, Ornella Semino38, Michel Shamoon-Pour36, Gheorghe Stefanescu39, Michael Stumvoll24, Anke Tönjes24, Antonio Torroni38, James F. Wilson40,41, Loic Yengo28,29, Nelli A. Hovhannisyan42, Nick Patterson2, Ron Pinhasi7,*,† and David Reich1,2,6,*,† *Co-senior authors; †Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to: