The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

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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.

I: Nature, Bind 598, Nr. 7882, 2021, s. 634-640.

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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, bind 598, nr. 7882, s. 634-640. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9

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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 o.a. 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. I: Nature. 2021 ; Bind 598, Nr. 7882. s. 634-640.

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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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language = "English",
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journal = "Nature",
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T1 - The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

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.

AU - Anthony, David

AU - Kroonen, Guus J.

AU - Kristiansen, Kristian

AU - Wincker, Patrick

AU - Outram, Alan

AU - Orlando, Ludovic

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 -

ID: 282480594