Population-genetic history of the European steppe population in the Neolithic and Eneolitic before the Yamnaya period
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-5-12-26
Abstract
Aim. To describe the population genetic dynamics of the steppe zone from Black Sea to Volga regions during the Neolithic-Eneolithic period.
Methodology. Comparison of published data from the literature sources obtained by different bioinformatics methods has been made.
Results. The steppe zone of Eastern Europe avoided the population transformation during the Neolithic Revolution, unlike the neighboring regions of Europe and Western Asia. In the Neolithic, the pre-agricultural population of the North Caucasus and, to a lesser extent, the agricultural Trypillian population migrated to the steppe. In the Eneolithic, population movements in the steppe zone were activated by cultural influences from the Balkans and Central Europe and, to a lesser extent, the Caucasus, but without active population influences from these regions. All migrations occurred from the east and mainly from the territories of the Volga-Don interfluve and the Volga region. The inhabitants of this zone formed the population of the Khvalynsk, Serednii Stih, Yamnaya cultures, and together with the Trypillians participated in the genesis of the Usatovo culture.
Research implications. The model of genesis of the population of the European steppes is described in the Neolithic and Eneolithic eras of the Yamnaya era.
About the Authors
A. S. Konkov
Sirius University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey S. Konkov – Cand Sci (Biology), Senior Researcher,
Olympiyskiy prosp. 1, Federal Territory «Sirius», Krasnodar Krai 354340
A. B. Malyarchuk
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra B. Malyarchuk – Junior Researcher,
ul. Gubkina 3, Moscow 117971
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