An integrative skeletal and paleogenomic analysis of stature variation suggests relat

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Human culture, biology, and health were shaped dramatically by the onset of agriculture ∼12,000 y B.P. This shift is hypothesized to have resulted in increased individual fitness and population growth as evidenced by archaeological and population genomic data alongside a decline in physiological health as inferred from skeletal remains. Here, we consider osteological and ancient DNA data from the same prehistoric individuals to study human stature variation as a proxy for health across a transition to agriculture. Specifically, we compared “predicted” genetic contributions to height from paleogenomic data and “achieved” adult osteological height estimated from long bone measurements for 167 individuals across Europe spanning the Upper Paleolithic to Iron Age (∼38,000 to 2,400 B.P.).

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2106743119

I10349; 5600-5000 BC; Füzesabony-Gubakút, Hungary; Alföld Linear Pottery Culture_MN; I2-L701 (xP78,Y5606)

I7127; 4300-4000 BC; Urziceni, Romania; Romania_CA; R1b-V2219>V88>Y127541

I14159; 4300-4000 BC; Urziceni, Romania; Romania_CA; G2a2a-L91>PF3233>Z6484>Z6284>FGC2315* (xZ12221,Y140837,PF3239)

I14161; 4300-4000 BC; Urziceni, Romania; Romania_CA; G2a2a-L91>FTA40859

I14163; 4300-4000 BC; Urziceni, Romania; Romania_CA; I2-Y3721>pre-Y3670

I15623; 4300-4000 BC; Urziceni, Romania; Romania_CA; G2a2b-CTS342* (xY36001,PF4202,Z724,FGC12126)

I11665; 1500-800 BC; Felsődobsza-2. lelőhely, Hungary; Late Bronze Age; I2-Y3721>Y3670>L1229 (xS20743,Y6512,Z2069)

I11695; 1500-800 BC; Pácin-Alsókenderszer, Hungary; Late Bronze Age; R1b-Z2103>M12149 (xY4362,Z2110)

I11670; 400 BC-100 AD; Kesznyéten-Szérűskert, Hungary; Iron Age_Scythian; I2-L596>Y14158>S6635>S6724>pre-PF3885

I11674; 400 BC-100 AD; Kesznyéten-Szérűskert, Hungary; Iron Age_Scythian; R1b-U152>L2>Z49>BY96884* (xBY55682)

I11676; 400 BC-100 AD; Kesznyéten-Szérűskert, Hungary; Iron Age_Scythian; R1b-L51>L52>FT123498>BY44535* (xY289225)