Investigating kinship in Neolithic

A new publication in Forensic Science International Genetics involving lab members investigates the kinship among Neolithic humans in a Polish burial site.

Juras et al. 2016. Investigating kinship of Neolithic post-LBK human remains from Krusza Zamkowa, Poland using ancient DNA. FSI Genetics, vol. 26. DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.10.008

Highlights

•HID-Ion AmpliSeq™ Identity panel and mtDNA genomes were used to establish kinship.
•Woman and child from double grave and adjacent child were not maternally related.
•Funeral rites in Neolithic Lengyel societies could rely on non-biological kinship.
•HID-Ion AmpliSeq™ Identity panel was useful only in well preserved DNA samples.

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