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ARABIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY
卷 24, 期 1, 页码 95-101出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12017
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archaeogenetics; mitochondrial DNA; lactase persistence; Late Palaeolithic; Arabian demographics; refugia
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- AHRC [AH/G012733/1, AH/G012733/2] Funding Source: UKRI
- Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/G012733/1, AH/G012733/2] Funding Source: researchfish
This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of archaeogenetic research in Arabia. We summarise recent studies of mitochondrial DNA and lactase persistence allele -13915*G in order to reconstruct the population histories of modern Arabs. These data, in turn, enable us to assess different scenarios for the peopling of the Peninsula over the course of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. The evidence supports the posited existence of Arabian refugia, although it is inconclusive which (e.g. Persian Gulf basin, Yemeni highlands and/or Red Sea basin) was/were responsible for housing ancestral populations during the Last Glacial Maximum. Synthesising genetic and archaeological data sets, we conclude that a substantial portion of the present South Arabian gene pool derives from a deeply rooted population that underwent significant internal growth within Arabia some 12,000years ago. At the same time, we interpret the disappearance of Nejd Leptolithic archaeological sites in southern Arabia around 8000years ago to represent the termination of a significant component of the Pleistocene gene pool.
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