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The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes. / Librado, Pablo; Khan, Naveed; Fages, Antoine; Kusliy, Mariya A.; Suchan, Tomasz; Tonasso-Calvière, Laure; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Alioglu, Duha; Fromentier, Aurore; Perdereau, Aude; Aury, Jean-Marc; Gaunitz, Charleen ; Chauvey, Lorelei; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Der Sarkissian, Clio; Southon, John; Shapiro, Beth; Tishkin, Alexey A.; Kovalev, Alexey A.; Alquraishi, Saleh; Alfarhan, Ahmed H.; Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.; Seregély, Timo; Klassen, Lutz; Iversen, Rune; Bignon-Lau, Olivier; Bodu, Pierre; Olive, Monique; Castel, Jean-Christophe; Boudadi-Maligne, Myriam; Alvarez, Nadir; Germonpré, Mietje; Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena; Wilczyński, Jarosław; Pospuła, Sylwia; Lasota-Kuś, Anna; Tunia, Krzysztof; Nowak, Marek; Rannamäe, Eve; Saarma, Urmas; Boeskorov, Gennady; Lōugas, Lembi; Kyselý, René; Peške, Lubomír; Bălășescu, Adrian; Dumitrașcu, Valentin; Dobrescu, Roxana; Gerber, Daniel; Kiss, Viktória; Szécsényi-Nagy, Anna; Mende, Balázs G.; Gallina, Zsolt; Somogyi, Krisztina; Kulcsár, Gabriella; Gál, Erika; Bendrey, Robin; Allentoft, Morten E.; Sirbu, Ghenadie; Dergachev, Valentin; Shephard, Henry; Tomadini, Noémie; Grouard, Sandrine; Kasparov, Aleksei; Basilyan, Alexander E.; Anisimov, Mikhail A.; Nikolskiy, Pavel A.; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Pitulko, Vladimir; Brem, Gottfried; Wallner, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Keller, Marcel; Kitagawa, Keiko; Bessudnov, Alexander N.; Bessudnov, Alexander; Taylor, William; Magail, Jérome; Gantulga, Jamiyan-Ombo; Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav; Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav; Tabaldiev, Kubatbeek; Mijiddorj, Enkhbayar; Boldgiv, Bazartseren; Tsagaan, Turbat; Pruvost, Mélanie; Olsen, Sandra; Makarewicz, Cheryl A.; Valenzuela Lamas, Silvia; Albizuri Canadell, Silvia; Nieto Espinet, Ariadna; Iborra, Ma Pilar; Lira Garrido, Jaime; Rodríguez González, Esther; Celestino, Sebastián; Olària, Carmen; Arsuaga, Juan Luis; Kotova, Nadiia; Pryor, Alexander; Crabtree, Pam; Zhumatayev, Rinat; Toleubaev, Abdesh; Morgunova, Nina L.; Kuznetsova, Tatiana; Lordkipanize, David; Marzullo, Matilde; Prato, Ornella; Bagnasco Gianni, Giovanna; Tecchiati, Umberto; Clavel, Benoit; Lepetz, Sébastien; Davoudi, Hossein; Mashkour, Marjan; Berezina, Natalia Ya.; Stockhammer, Philipp W.; Krause, Johannes; Haak, Wolfgang; Morales-Muñiz, Arturo; Benecke, Norbert; Hofreiter, Michael; Ludwig, Arne; Graphodatsky, Alexander S.; Peters, Joris; Kiryushin, Kirill Yu.; Iderkhangai, Tumur-Ochir; Bokovenko, Nikolay A.; Vasiliev, Sergey K.; Seregin, Nikolai N.; Chugunov, Konstantin V.; Plasteeva, Natalya A.; Baryshnikov, Gennady F.; Petrova, Ekaterina; Sablin, Mikhail; Ananyevskaya, Elina; Logvin, Andrey; Shevnina, Irina; Logvin, Victor; Kalieva, Saule; Loman, Valeriy; Kukushkin, Igor; Merz, Ilya; Merz, Victor; Sakenov, Sergazy; Varfolomeyev, Victor; Usmanova, Emma; Zaibert, Viktor; Arbuckle, Benjamin; Belinskiy, Andrey B.; Kalmykov, Alexej; Reinhold, Sabine; Hansen, Svend; Yudin, Aleksandr I.; Vybornov, Alekandr A.; Epimakhov, Andrey; Berezina, Natalia S.; Roslyakova, Natalia; Kosintsev, Pavel A.; Kuznetsov, Pavel F.; Anthony, David; Kroonen, Guus J.; Kristiansen, Kristian; Wincker, Patrick; Outram, Alan; Orlando, Ludovic.
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Nature, Vol. 598, No. 7882, 2021, p. 634-640.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Librado, P, Khan, N, Fages, A, Kusliy, MA, Suchan, T, Tonasso-Calvière, L, Schiavinato, S, Alioglu, D, Fromentier, A, Perdereau, A, Aury, J-M, Gaunitz, C, Chauvey, L, Seguin-Orlando, A, Der Sarkissian, C, Southon, J, Shapiro, B, Tishkin, AA, Kovalev, AA, Alquraishi, S, Alfarhan, AH, Al-Rasheid, KAS, Seregély, T, Klassen, L
, Iversen, R, Bignon-Lau, O, Bodu, P, Olive, M, Castel, J-C, Boudadi-Maligne, M, Alvarez, N, Germonpré, M, Moskal-del Hoyo, M, Wilczyński, J, Pospuła, S, Lasota-Kuś, A, Tunia, K, Nowak, M, Rannamäe, E, Saarma, U, Boeskorov, G, Lōugas, L, Kyselý, R, Peške, L, Bălășescu, A, Dumitrașcu, V, Dobrescu, R, Gerber, D, Kiss, V, Szécsényi-Nagy, A, Mende, BG, Gallina, Z, Somogyi, K, Kulcsár, G, Gál, E, Bendrey, R
, Allentoft, ME, Sirbu, G, Dergachev, V, Shephard, H, Tomadini, N, Grouard, S, Kasparov, A, Basilyan, AE, Anisimov, MA, Nikolskiy, PA, Pavlova, EY, Pitulko, V, Brem, G, Wallner, B, Schwall, C, Keller, M, Kitagawa, K, Bessudnov, AN, Bessudnov, A, Taylor, W, Magail, J, Gantulga, J-O, Bayarsaikhan, J, Erdenebaatar, D, Tabaldiev, K, Mijiddorj, E, Boldgiv, B, Tsagaan, T, Pruvost, M, Olsen, S, Makarewicz, CA, Valenzuela Lamas, S, Albizuri Canadell, S, Nieto Espinet, A, Iborra, MP, Lira Garrido, J, Rodríguez González, E, Celestino, S, Olària, C, Arsuaga, JL, Kotova, N, Pryor, A, Crabtree, P, Zhumatayev, R, Toleubaev, A, Morgunova, NL, Kuznetsova, T, Lordkipanize, D, Marzullo, M, Prato, O, Bagnasco Gianni, G, Tecchiati, U, Clavel, B, Lepetz, S, Davoudi, H, Mashkour, M, Berezina, NY, Stockhammer, PW, Krause, J, Haak, W, Morales-Muñiz, A, Benecke, N, Hofreiter, M, Ludwig, A, Graphodatsky, AS, Peters, J, Kiryushin, KY, Iderkhangai, T-O, Bokovenko, NA, Vasiliev, SK, Seregin, NN, Chugunov, KV, Plasteeva, NA, Baryshnikov, GF, Petrova, E, Sablin, M, Ananyevskaya, E, Logvin, A, Shevnina, I, Logvin, V, Kalieva, S, Loman, V, Kukushkin, I, Merz, I, Merz, V, Sakenov, S, Varfolomeyev, V, Usmanova, E, Zaibert, V, Arbuckle, B, Belinskiy, AB, Kalmykov, A, Reinhold, S, Hansen, S, Yudin, AI, Vybornov, AA, Epimakhov, A, Berezina, NS, Roslyakova, N, Kosintsev, PA, Kuznetsov, PF, Anthony, D
, Kroonen, GJ, Kristiansen, K, Wincker, P, Outram, A & Orlando, L 2021, '
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes',
Nature, vol. 598, no. 7882, pp. 634-640.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9
APA
Librado, P., Khan, N., Fages, A., Kusliy, M. A., Suchan, T., Tonasso-Calvière, L., Schiavinato, S., Alioglu, D., Fromentier, A., Perdereau, A., Aury, J-M., Gaunitz, C., Chauvey, L., Seguin-Orlando, A., Der Sarkissian, C., Southon, J., Shapiro, B., Tishkin, A. A., Kovalev, A. A., ... Orlando, L. (2021).
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.
Nature,
598(7882), 634-640.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9
Vancouver
Librado P, Khan N, Fages A, Kusliy MA, Suchan T, Tonasso-Calvière L et al.
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.
Nature. 2021;598(7882):634-640.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9
Author
Librado, Pablo ; Khan, Naveed ; Fages, Antoine ; Kusliy, Mariya A. ; Suchan, Tomasz ; Tonasso-Calvière, Laure ; Schiavinato, Stéphanie ; Alioglu, Duha ; Fromentier, Aurore ; Perdereau, Aude ; Aury, Jean-Marc ; Gaunitz, Charleen ; Chauvey, Lorelei ; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine ; Der Sarkissian, Clio ; Southon, John ; Shapiro, Beth ; Tishkin, Alexey A. ; Kovalev, Alexey A. ; Alquraishi, Saleh ; Alfarhan, Ahmed H. ; Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S. ; Seregély, Timo ; Klassen, Lutz ; Iversen, Rune ; Bignon-Lau, Olivier ; Bodu, Pierre ; Olive, Monique ; Castel, Jean-Christophe ; Boudadi-Maligne, Myriam ; Alvarez, Nadir ; Germonpré, Mietje ; Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena ; Wilczyński, Jarosław ; Pospuła, Sylwia ; Lasota-Kuś, Anna ; Tunia, Krzysztof ; Nowak, Marek ; Rannamäe, Eve ; Saarma, Urmas ; Boeskorov, Gennady ; Lōugas, Lembi ; Kyselý, René ; Peške, Lubomír ; Bălășescu, Adrian ; Dumitrașcu, Valentin ; Dobrescu, Roxana ; Gerber, Daniel ; Kiss, Viktória ; Szécsényi-Nagy, Anna ; Mende, Balázs G. ; Gallina, Zsolt ; Somogyi, Krisztina ; Kulcsár, Gabriella ; Gál, Erika ; Bendrey, Robin ; Allentoft, Morten E. ; Sirbu, Ghenadie ; Dergachev, Valentin ; Shephard, Henry ; Tomadini, Noémie ; Grouard, Sandrine ; Kasparov, Aleksei ; Basilyan, Alexander E. ; Anisimov, Mikhail A. ; Nikolskiy, Pavel A. ; Pavlova, Elena Y. ; Pitulko, Vladimir ; Brem, Gottfried ; Wallner, Barbara ; Schwall, Christoph ; Keller, Marcel ; Kitagawa, Keiko ; Bessudnov, Alexander N. ; Bessudnov, Alexander ; Taylor, William ; Magail, Jérome ; Gantulga, Jamiyan-Ombo ; Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav ; Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav ; Tabaldiev, Kubatbeek ; Mijiddorj, Enkhbayar ; Boldgiv, Bazartseren ; Tsagaan, Turbat ; Pruvost, Mélanie ; Olsen, Sandra ; Makarewicz, Cheryl A. ; Valenzuela Lamas, Silvia ; Albizuri Canadell, Silvia ; Nieto Espinet, Ariadna ; Iborra, Ma Pilar ; Lira Garrido, Jaime ; Rodríguez González, Esther ; Celestino, Sebastián ; Olària, Carmen ; Arsuaga, Juan Luis ; Kotova, Nadiia ; Pryor, Alexander ; Crabtree, Pam ; Zhumatayev, Rinat ; Toleubaev, Abdesh ; Morgunova, Nina L. ; Kuznetsova, Tatiana ; Lordkipanize, David ; Marzullo, Matilde ; Prato, Ornella ; Bagnasco Gianni, Giovanna ; Tecchiati, Umberto ; Clavel, Benoit ; Lepetz, Sébastien ; Davoudi, Hossein ; Mashkour, Marjan ; Berezina, Natalia Ya. ; Stockhammer, Philipp W. ; Krause, Johannes ; Haak, Wolfgang ; Morales-Muñiz, Arturo ; Benecke, Norbert ; Hofreiter, Michael ; Ludwig, Arne ; Graphodatsky, Alexander S. ; Peters, Joris ; Kiryushin, Kirill Yu. ; Iderkhangai, Tumur-Ochir ; Bokovenko, Nikolay A. ; Vasiliev, Sergey K. ; Seregin, Nikolai N. ; Chugunov, Konstantin V. ; Plasteeva, Natalya A. ; Baryshnikov, Gennady F. ; Petrova, Ekaterina ; Sablin, Mikhail ; Ananyevskaya, Elina ; Logvin, Andrey ; Shevnina, Irina ; Logvin, Victor ; Kalieva, Saule ; Loman, Valeriy ; Kukushkin, Igor ; Merz, Ilya ; Merz, Victor ; Sakenov, Sergazy ; Varfolomeyev, Victor ; Usmanova, Emma ; Zaibert, Viktor ; Arbuckle, Benjamin ; Belinskiy, Andrey B. ; Kalmykov, Alexej ; Reinhold, Sabine ; Hansen, Svend ; Yudin, Aleksandr I. ; Vybornov, Alekandr A. ; Epimakhov, Andrey ; Berezina, Natalia S. ; Roslyakova, Natalia ; Kosintsev, Pavel A. ; Kuznetsov, Pavel F. ; Anthony, David ; Kroonen, Guus J. ; Kristiansen, Kristian ; Wincker, Patrick ; Outram, Alan ; Orlando, Ludovic. / The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes. In: Nature. 2021 ; Vol. 598, No. 7882. pp. 634-640.
Bibtex
@article{e9ea9ad7bb42488ea5446fe1169aad52,
title = "The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes",
abstract = "Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc3. Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia5 and Anatolia6, have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic, geographic and temporal origins of modern domestic horses have remained unknown. Here we pinpoint the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the homeland of modern domestic horses. Furthermore, we map the population changes accompanying domestication from 273 ancient horse genomes. This reveals that modern domestic horses ultimately replaced almost all other local populations as they expanded rapidly across Eurasia from about 2000 bc, synchronously with equestrian material culture, including Sintashta spoke-wheeled chariots. We find that equestrianism involved strong selection for critical locomotor and behavioural adaptations at the GSDMC and ZFPM1 genes. Our results reject the commonly held association7 between horseback riding and the massive expansion of Yamnaya steppe pastoralists into Europe around 3000 bc8,9 driving the spread of Indo-European languages10. This contrasts with the scenario in Asia where Indo-Iranian languages, chariots and horses spread together, following the early second millennium bc Sintashta culture11,12.",
keywords = "Faculty of Science, Evolutionary genetics, population genetics, horse domestication, horse geneomes, equestrianism, aDNA, Faculty of Humanities, Archaeology, Indo-European, Migration, Mobility, Western Eurasian steppes, spoke-wheeled chariots, Sintashta culture, Yamnaya culture, steppe pastoralists, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, Indo-Iranian languages, chariots, Neolithic, Bronze Age",
author = "Pablo Librado and Naveed Khan and Antoine Fages and Kusliy, {Mariya A.} and Tomasz Suchan and Laure Tonasso-Calvi{\`e}re and St{\'e}phanie Schiavinato and Duha Alioglu and Aurore Fromentier and Aude Perdereau and Jean-Marc Aury and Charleen Gaunitz and Lorelei Chauvey and Andaine Seguin-Orlando and {Der Sarkissian}, Clio and John Southon and Beth Shapiro and Tishkin, {Alexey A.} and Kovalev, {Alexey A.} and Saleh Alquraishi and Alfarhan, {Ahmed H.} and Al-Rasheid, {Khaled A. S.} and Timo Sereg{\'e}ly and Lutz Klassen and Rune Iversen and Olivier Bignon-Lau and Pierre Bodu and Monique Olive and Jean-Christophe Castel and Myriam Boudadi-Maligne and Nadir Alvarez and Mietje Germonpr{\'e} and {Moskal-del Hoyo}, Magdalena and Jaros{\l}aw Wilczy{\'n}ski and Sylwia Pospu{\l}a and Anna Lasota-Ku{\'s} and Krzysztof Tunia and Marek Nowak and Eve Rannam{\"a}e and Urmas Saarma and Gennady Boeskorov and Lembi Lōugas and Ren{\'e} Kysel{\'y} and Lubom{\'i}r Pe{\v s}ke and Adrian B{\u a}l{\u a}șescu and Valentin Dumitrașcu and Roxana Dobrescu and Daniel Gerber and Vikt{\'o}ria Kiss and Anna Sz{\'e}cs{\'e}nyi-Nagy and Mende, {Bal{\'a}zs G.} and Zsolt Gallina and Krisztina Somogyi and Gabriella Kulcs{\'a}r and Erika G{\'a}l and Robin Bendrey and Allentoft, {Morten E.} and Ghenadie Sirbu and Valentin Dergachev and Henry Shephard and No{\'e}mie Tomadini and Sandrine Grouard and Aleksei Kasparov and Basilyan, {Alexander E.} and Anisimov, {Mikhail A.} and Nikolskiy, {Pavel A.} and Pavlova, {Elena Y.} and Vladimir Pitulko and Gottfried Brem and Barbara Wallner and Christoph Schwall and Marcel Keller and Keiko Kitagawa and Bessudnov, {Alexander N.} and Alexander Bessudnov and William Taylor and J{\'e}rome Magail and Jamiyan-Ombo Gantulga and Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan and Diimaajav Erdenebaatar and Kubatbeek Tabaldiev and Enkhbayar Mijiddorj and Bazartseren Boldgiv and Turbat Tsagaan and M{\'e}lanie Pruvost and Sandra Olsen and Makarewicz, {Cheryl A.} and {Valenzuela Lamas}, Silvia and {Albizuri Canadell}, Silvia and {Nieto Espinet}, Ariadna and Iborra, {Ma Pilar} and {Lira Garrido}, Jaime and {Rodr{\'i}guez Gonz{\'a}lez}, Esther and Sebasti{\'a}n Celestino and Carmen Ol{\`a}ria and Arsuaga, {Juan Luis} and Nadiia Kotova and Alexander Pryor and Pam Crabtree and Rinat Zhumatayev and Abdesh Toleubaev and Morgunova, {Nina L.} and Tatiana Kuznetsova and David Lordkipanize and Matilde Marzullo and Ornella Prato and {Bagnasco Gianni}, Giovanna and Umberto Tecchiati and Benoit Clavel and S{\'e}bastien Lepetz and Hossein Davoudi and Marjan Mashkour and Berezina, {Natalia Ya.} and Stockhammer, {Philipp W.} and Johannes Krause and Wolfgang Haak and Arturo Morales-Mu{\~n}iz and Norbert Benecke and Michael Hofreiter and Arne Ludwig and Graphodatsky, {Alexander S.} and Joris Peters and Kiryushin, {Kirill Yu.} and Tumur-Ochir Iderkhangai and Bokovenko, {Nikolay A.} and Vasiliev, {Sergey K.} and Seregin, {Nikolai N.} and Chugunov, {Konstantin V.} and Plasteeva, {Natalya A.} and Baryshnikov, {Gennady F.} and Ekaterina Petrova and Mikhail Sablin and Elina Ananyevskaya and Andrey Logvin and Irina Shevnina and Victor Logvin and Saule Kalieva and Valeriy Loman and Igor Kukushkin and Ilya Merz and Victor Merz and Sergazy Sakenov and Victor Varfolomeyev and Emma Usmanova and Viktor Zaibert and Benjamin Arbuckle and Belinskiy, {Andrey B.} and Alexej Kalmykov and Sabine Reinhold and Svend Hansen and Yudin, {Aleksandr I.} and Vybornov, {Alekandr A.} and Andrey Epimakhov and Berezina, {Natalia S.} and Natalia Roslyakova and Kosintsev, {Pavel A.} and Kuznetsov, {Pavel F.} and David Anthony and Kroonen, {Guus J.} and Kristian Kristiansen and Patrick Wincker and Alan Outram and Ludovic Orlando",
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AU - Librado, Pablo
AU - Khan, Naveed
AU - Fages, Antoine
AU - Kusliy, Mariya A.
AU - Suchan, Tomasz
AU - Tonasso-Calvière, Laure
AU - Schiavinato, Stéphanie
AU - Alioglu, Duha
AU - Fromentier, Aurore
AU - Perdereau, Aude
AU - Aury, Jean-Marc
AU - Gaunitz, Charleen
AU - Chauvey, Lorelei
AU - Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
AU - Der Sarkissian, Clio
AU - Southon, John
AU - Shapiro, Beth
AU - Tishkin, Alexey A.
AU - Kovalev, Alexey A.
AU - Alquraishi, Saleh
AU - Alfarhan, Ahmed H.
AU - Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.
AU - Seregély, Timo
AU - Klassen, Lutz
AU - Iversen, Rune
AU - Bignon-Lau, Olivier
AU - Bodu, Pierre
AU - Olive, Monique
AU - Castel, Jean-Christophe
AU - Boudadi-Maligne, Myriam
AU - Alvarez, Nadir
AU - Germonpré, Mietje
AU - Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena
AU - Wilczyński, Jarosław
AU - Pospuła, Sylwia
AU - Lasota-Kuś, Anna
AU - Tunia, Krzysztof
AU - Nowak, Marek
AU - Rannamäe, Eve
AU - Saarma, Urmas
AU - Boeskorov, Gennady
AU - Lōugas, Lembi
AU - Kyselý, René
AU - Peške, Lubomír
AU - Bălășescu, Adrian
AU - Dumitrașcu, Valentin
AU - Dobrescu, Roxana
AU - Gerber, Daniel
AU - Kiss, Viktória
AU - Szécsényi-Nagy, Anna
AU - Mende, Balázs G.
AU - Gallina, Zsolt
AU - Somogyi, Krisztina
AU - Kulcsár, Gabriella
AU - Gál, Erika
AU - Bendrey, Robin
AU - Allentoft, Morten E.
AU - Sirbu, Ghenadie
AU - Dergachev, Valentin
AU - Shephard, Henry
AU - Tomadini, Noémie
AU - Grouard, Sandrine
AU - Kasparov, Aleksei
AU - Basilyan, Alexander E.
AU - Anisimov, Mikhail A.
AU - Nikolskiy, Pavel A.
AU - Pavlova, Elena Y.
AU - Pitulko, Vladimir
AU - Brem, Gottfried
AU - Wallner, Barbara
AU - Schwall, Christoph
AU - Keller, Marcel
AU - Kitagawa, Keiko
AU - Bessudnov, Alexander N.
AU - Bessudnov, Alexander
AU - Taylor, William
AU - Magail, Jérome
AU - Gantulga, Jamiyan-Ombo
AU - Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav
AU - Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav
AU - Tabaldiev, Kubatbeek
AU - Mijiddorj, Enkhbayar
AU - Boldgiv, Bazartseren
AU - Tsagaan, Turbat
AU - Pruvost, Mélanie
AU - Olsen, Sandra
AU - Makarewicz, Cheryl A.
AU - Valenzuela Lamas, Silvia
AU - Albizuri Canadell, Silvia
AU - Nieto Espinet, Ariadna
AU - Iborra, Ma Pilar
AU - Lira Garrido, Jaime
AU - Rodríguez González, Esther
AU - Celestino, Sebastián
AU - Olària, Carmen
AU - Arsuaga, Juan Luis
AU - Kotova, Nadiia
AU - Pryor, Alexander
AU - Crabtree, Pam
AU - Zhumatayev, Rinat
AU - Toleubaev, Abdesh
AU - Morgunova, Nina L.
AU - Kuznetsova, Tatiana
AU - Lordkipanize, David
AU - Marzullo, Matilde
AU - Prato, Ornella
AU - Bagnasco Gianni, Giovanna
AU - Tecchiati, Umberto
AU - Clavel, Benoit
AU - Lepetz, Sébastien
AU - Davoudi, Hossein
AU - Mashkour, Marjan
AU - Berezina, Natalia Ya.
AU - Stockhammer, Philipp W.
AU - Krause, Johannes
AU - Haak, Wolfgang
AU - Morales-Muñiz, Arturo
AU - Benecke, Norbert
AU - Hofreiter, Michael
AU - Ludwig, Arne
AU - Graphodatsky, Alexander S.
AU - Peters, Joris
AU - Kiryushin, Kirill Yu.
AU - Iderkhangai, Tumur-Ochir
AU - Bokovenko, Nikolay A.
AU - Vasiliev, Sergey K.
AU - Seregin, Nikolai N.
AU - Chugunov, Konstantin V.
AU - Plasteeva, Natalya A.
AU - Baryshnikov, Gennady F.
AU - Petrova, Ekaterina
AU - Sablin, Mikhail
AU - Ananyevskaya, Elina
AU - Logvin, Andrey
AU - Shevnina, Irina
AU - Logvin, Victor
AU - Kalieva, Saule
AU - Loman, Valeriy
AU - Kukushkin, Igor
AU - Merz, Ilya
AU - Merz, Victor
AU - Sakenov, Sergazy
AU - Varfolomeyev, Victor
AU - Usmanova, Emma
AU - Zaibert, Viktor
AU - Arbuckle, Benjamin
AU - Belinskiy, Andrey B.
AU - Kalmykov, Alexej
AU - Reinhold, Sabine
AU - Hansen, Svend
AU - Yudin, Aleksandr I.
AU - Vybornov, Alekandr A.
AU - Epimakhov, Andrey
AU - Berezina, Natalia S.
AU - Roslyakova, Natalia
AU - Kosintsev, Pavel A.
AU - Kuznetsov, Pavel F.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc3. Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia5 and Anatolia6, have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic, geographic and temporal origins of modern domestic horses have remained unknown. Here we pinpoint the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the homeland of modern domestic horses. Furthermore, we map the population changes accompanying domestication from 273 ancient horse genomes. This reveals that modern domestic horses ultimately replaced almost all other local populations as they expanded rapidly across Eurasia from about 2000 bc, synchronously with equestrian material culture, including Sintashta spoke-wheeled chariots. We find that equestrianism involved strong selection for critical locomotor and behavioural adaptations at the GSDMC and ZFPM1 genes. Our results reject the commonly held association7 between horseback riding and the massive expansion of Yamnaya steppe pastoralists into Europe around 3000 bc8,9 driving the spread of Indo-European languages10. This contrasts with the scenario in Asia where Indo-Iranian languages, chariots and horses spread together, following the early second millennium bc Sintashta culture11,12.
AB - Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc3. Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia5 and Anatolia6, have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic, geographic and temporal origins of modern domestic horses have remained unknown. Here we pinpoint the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the homeland of modern domestic horses. Furthermore, we map the population changes accompanying domestication from 273 ancient horse genomes. This reveals that modern domestic horses ultimately replaced almost all other local populations as they expanded rapidly across Eurasia from about 2000 bc, synchronously with equestrian material culture, including Sintashta spoke-wheeled chariots. We find that equestrianism involved strong selection for critical locomotor and behavioural adaptations at the GSDMC and ZFPM1 genes. Our results reject the commonly held association7 between horseback riding and the massive expansion of Yamnaya steppe pastoralists into Europe around 3000 bc8,9 driving the spread of Indo-European languages10. This contrasts with the scenario in Asia where Indo-Iranian languages, chariots and horses spread together, following the early second millennium bc Sintashta culture11,12.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Evolutionary genetics
KW - population genetics
KW - horse domestication
KW - horse geneomes
KW - equestrianism
KW - aDNA
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Archaeology
KW - Indo-European
KW - Migration
KW - Mobility
KW - Western Eurasian steppes
KW - spoke-wheeled chariots
KW - Sintashta culture
KW - Yamnaya culture
KW - steppe pastoralists
KW - 3rd millennium BC
KW - 2nd millennium BC
KW - Indo-Iranian languages
KW - chariots
KW - Neolithic
KW - Bronze Age
U2 - 10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9
DO - 10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34671162
VL - 598
SP - 634
EP - 640
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7882
ER -