Human DNA from the oldest Eneolithic cemetery in Nalchik points the spread of farming from the Caucasus to the Eastern European steppes.
David Diez-Del-Molino, Alexander M. Kim, Arev P. Simonyan et al.
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During the Eneolithic (Chalcolithic) period, the North Caucasus was a region of cultural and genetic interactions between populations from the Eurasian steppes and farming communities from Southeastern Europe. While many previous archaeological studies have investigated this contact zone, the genetic composition of the populations associated with the spread of the Maykop culture from the Caucasus towards the steppe during the Eneolithic remains unclear.
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