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    Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,
    Keywords: Historical linguistics. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Indo-European dispersal has puzzled scholars for centuries. When in prehistory did this dramatic linguistic shift take place and from where? What were the main driving forces? This books provides the newest insights from linguistics, archaeology and genetics on the prehistoric spread of one of the world's largest language families.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (358 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781009261715
    DDC: 417/.7
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Re-theorizing Interdisciplinarity, and the Relation between Archaeology, Linguistics, and Genetics -- 1.1 Background: The Third Science Revolution -- 1.2 A Brief Research History -- 1.3 The Danger of Ideological Misrepresentation -- 1.4 From Here On: Toward a New Interdisciplinarity? -- References -- Part I Early Indo-European and the Origin of Pastoralism -- 2 The Yamnaya Culture and the Invention of Nomadic Pastoralism in the Eurasian Steppes -- 2.1 Yamnaya Chronology and Variability -- 2.2 Debates about Yamnaya Pastoralism -- 2.3 New Evidence: Horseback Riding, DNA, and Wheels -- 2.4 Dependency Theory and the Evolution of Nomadic Pastoralism -- 2.5 The Abandonment of Eneolithic Settlements -- 2.6 Yamnaya Nomadic Pastoralism: Sheep, Isotopes, and Dairy Peptides -- 2.6.1 Dietary Stable Isotopes -- 2.6.2 Dental Pathologies -- 2.6.3 Faunal Evidence from Mikhailovka, Repin, and Usatovo -- 2.6.4 Faunal Evidence from Graves -- 2.6.5 Peptides from Dairy -- 2.6.6 Stature -- 2.7 Conclusion: The First Pastoral Nomads in the Steppes -- References -- 3 Yamnaya Pastoralists in the Eurasian Desert Steppe Zone: New Perspectives on Mobility -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Chronology and Archaeological Background of the Yamnaya Culture -- 3.3 The Settlement Pattern -- 3.4 Optimization of the Economic Strategy -- 3.5 Productivity of the Yamnaya Grasslands -- 3.6 Yamnaya Culture Isotope Data -- 3.7 Pastoralism and Mobility of Yamnaya Pastoralism in the Arid System: Discussion -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Proto-Indo-Anatolian, the ''Anatolian Split'' and the ''Anatolian Trek'': A Comparative Linguistic Perspective -- 4.1 Dating the ''Anatolian Split''. , 4.1.1 Dating Proto-Anatolian -- 4.1.2 Dating Proto-Indo-Anatolian -- 4.1.2.1 The Gap between Proto-Indo-Anatolian and Classical Proto-Indo-European -- 4.1.2.2 The Gap between Proto-Indo-Anatolian and Proto-Anatolian -- 4.1.2.3 Combining the Two Approaches -- 4.2 Locating Proto-Indo-Anatolian -- 4.2.1 The Indo-European ''Homeland'' Question: Analyzing the Anatolian Lexicon -- 4.2.1.1 The Borrowed Lexicon of Hittite -- 4.2.1.2 The Inherited Lexicon of Hittite -- 4.2.2 The Indo-Uralic Hypothesis -- 4.3 Mapping the ''Anatolian Trek'' -- 4.3.1 The Date of Entry into Anatolia -- 4.3.2 The Point of Entry into Anatolia -- 4.3.2.1 The Western Location of the Anatolian Languages -- 4.3.2.2 The Kızıl Irmak River as a Linguistic Border -- 4.3.2.3 The ''Drift'' of the Anatolian Languages in Historic Times -- 4.3.2.4 Parallels from Later Times -- 4.4 Conclusions on the Basis of Comparative Linguistic Arguments -- 4.5 Mapping the ''Anatolian Trek'' onto Evidence from Archaeology -- 4.6 Mapping the ''Anatolian Trek'' onto Evidence from Palaeogenomics -- 4.7 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Migratory Processes and Linguistic Dispersals between Yamnaya and the Corded Ware -- 5 The Corded Ware Complex in Europe in Light of Current Archaeogenetic and Environmental Evidence -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Early Genetic Studies -- 5.3 Recent Genomic Studies -- 5.4 Transformations of the Third Millennium BCE in Europe -- 5.4.1 Economy and Environmental Impact -- 5.4.2 Diet -- 5.5 Mechanisms of Expansion and Their Possible Causes -- 5.5.1 Disease, Environment and Health -- 5.5.2 Social Institutions of Kinship and Inheritance -- References -- 6 Emergent Properties of the Corded Ware Culture: An Information Approach -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Similarity and Death in the Corded Ware Culture -- 6.3 Understanding Corded Ware Similarities. , 6.4 Emergence and Information Sharing in the Corded Ware Culture -- 6.5 Data and Method -- 6.6 Results -- 6.6.1 A Network Perspective -- 6.7 Discussion -- 6.7.1 Information Exchange in Corded Ware Culture -- 6.7.2 Connections with aDNA, Isotope Analysis, and Linguistics -- 6.8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7 Linguistic Phylogenetics and Words for Metals in Indo-European -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Linguistic Palaeontology -- 7.3 Indo-European Linguistic Phylogenetics -- 7.4 From Relative to Absolute Chronologies -- 7.5 Metals in Early Indo-European -- 7.5.1 Gold -- 7.5.2 Silver -- 7.5.3 Copper/Bronze -- 7.5.4 Iron -- 7.6 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Word Mining: Metal Names and the Indo-European Dispersal -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Gold -- 8.2.1 PIE *h2eHus- -- 8.2.2 PIE *ǵʰelh3 - -- 8.2.3 Greek χρῡσός -- 8.3 Silver -- 8.3.1 PIE *h2(e)rǵ-nt-o- -- 8.3.2 West European *sil(a)P(u )r -- 8.4 Copper -- 8.4.1 PIE *h2eies- 'metal, copper?' -- 8.4.2 Sanskrit lohá-, Old Norse rauði, Old Church Slavonic ruda -- 8.4.3 Proto-Germanic *arut- ~ Latin raudus ~ Sumerian aruda -- 8.4.4 Hittite ku(wa)nna(n)- -- 8.4.5 Greek χαλκός -- 8.4.6 Balto-Slavic Words for 'copper' -- 8.4.7 Celtic *omi-, *omiio- -- 8.5 Iron -- 8.5.1 PIE *h2eḱ-mon- 'meteoritic iron?' -- 8.5.2 Proto-Germanic ~ Proto-Celtic *īsarn- -- 8.5.3 Latin ferrum -- 8.5.4 Iranian *(ā̆)ću(a)n(i)ā̆- ~ Tocharian *eñcə(u)wo- -- 8.5.5 Balto-Slavic *gele(?)ź- -- 8.5.6 Greek σίδηρος -- 8.5.7 Armenian erkat -- 8.6 Tin -- 8.6.1 Latin stagnum -- 8.6.2 Greek κασσίτερος -- 8.6.3 Proto-Germanic *tina- -- 8.7 Lead -- 8.7.1 Greek μόλυβδος ~ Proto-Germanic *blīwa- -- 8.7.2 Latin plumbum ~ Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)loud(i)o- ~ Berber *būldūn -- 8.7.3 Balto-Slavic *al(a)wa- 'lead/tin' and *św(e)in- 'lead' -- 8.7.4 Armenian kapar -- 8.8 Discussion -- 8.8.1 Metals in PIE and the Daughter Branches. , 8.8.2 Indo-European Languages at the Beginning of the Iron Age -- List of Abbreviations -- References -- Part III The Cultural and Linguistic Significance of Bell Beakers along the Atlantic Fringe -- 9 From the Steppe to Ireland: The Impact of aDNA Research -- 9.1 Before the Revolution: The Archaeological Models -- 9.1.1 Stage 1: Steppe to Corded Ware -- 9.1.2 Stage 2: Corded Ware to British/Irish Beakers -- 9.2 Before the Revolution: The ''Pre-Molecular-Genetic'' Models -- 9.2.1 Stage 1: Steppe to Corded Ware -- 9.2.2 Stage 2: Corded Ware to Irish Beakers -- 9.3 Before the Revolution: Molecular-Genetic Models -- 9.3.1 Stage 1: Steppe to Corded Ware -- 9.3.2 Stage 2: Corded Ware to Irish Beaker -- 9.4 The Eve of the Revolution -- 9.5 The aDNA Revolution (2015-2018) -- 9.5.1 Stage 1: Steppe > -- Corded Ware -- 9.5.2 Stage 2: Corded Ware > -- Irish Beaker -- 9.6 The Challenges of aDNA to Archaeology -- 9.7 Conclusions -- 9.7.1 An eilifint sa seomra -- References -- 10 Beaker Culture Metal and Mobility in Atlantic Europe: Some Implications for Genetic and Language Origins -- 10.1 The Atlantic Seaways -- 10.2 Metal as Knowledge -- 10.3 Beakers in Britain and Ireland -- 10.4 Beaker Networks and the Transmission of Metallurgical Knowledge -- 10.5 Atlantic Mining Networks -- 10.6 First Encounters with Metal -- 10.7 Conclusions: Metal, Genes, and Memes -- References -- 11 ''From the Ends of the Earth'': A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Long-Distance Contact in Bronze Age Atlantic Europe -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Theoretical Background -- 11.3 New Perspectives on an Ancient Keynote -- 11.4 Rising Social Complexity against Declining Mutual Intelligibility and Some Implications of Archaeogenetics -- 11.5 North-West Indo-European and Celto-Germanic -- 11.6 Language and Metal Cultures -- 11.7 Bronze Age Warriors and Long-Distance Trade. , 11.8 Rock Art as Evidence of Long-Distance Exchange -- 11.9 Conclusion -- References -- 12 With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary -- 12.1 Methodology -- 12.1.1 Etymological Layering -- 12.1.2 The Nature of Loans -- 12.1.3 Collection -- 12.1.4 Arrangement of entries -- 12.2 Topography -- 12.2.1 PC *mori- 'sea' < -- PIE *mori- -- 12.2.2PC *rei̯no- 'expanse of water, flow' < -- pre-Clt. h3rei̯H-no- -- 12.2.3 PC *sālo- 'salty water' < -- PIE *seh2lo- 'salty one' -- 12.2.4 PC *li-/l ī- (*φli-/φlī-) 'to flow' < -- PIE *lei̯H- 'to pour' and *pleh1- 'to become full' -- 4a pic *liro- 'ocean' < -- pre-clt. *lih-ro- -- 4b pic *lı¯i̯ant- 'flow, flood' < -- pre-clt. *lih-i̯ n° t- -- 4c pic *lı¯mu- 'flow' < -- pre-clt. *lih-mu- -- 4d pic *to-lih-(i̯)o- 'flood'? or *to- Φli-i̯o-? -- 4e **dı¯-lih-i̯on- 'deluge'? -- 4f pc *Φlanu̯ o- 'flood' < -- pre-clt. *pl ° h1-n-u̯ o- -- 12.2.5 PC *tetrāg- 'sea, tide?' -- 12.2.6 PC *trei̯aton- 'sea?' < -- PIE *trei̯Ht-(H)on-? -- 12.2.7 PIC *u̯orgiu̯i̯ā-?, *u̯ergiu̯i̯ā-? 'raging ocean?' -- 12.2.8 pre-Ir. *bou̯koni̯ā- 'the roaring one'? -- 12.2.9 PIC *u̯ai̯lo-kū 'wolfhound' -- 12.2.10 PC *trag-/trāg- 'to flow, to ebb?' < -- pre-Clt. *treh2gh- < -- < -- PIE *dhreh2gh- 'to become agitated'? -- 10a pic *tra¯ gi-, *tragi̯o- 'ebb tide' -- 10b pic *traΧtu- 'shore, beach' < -- pre-clt. *trh2ghtu- -- 12.2.11 pre-Ir. *kladdāko- 'stony shore'? -- 12.2.12 PIC *φrobertii̯ā- 'spring tide' < -- pre-Clt. *pro-bher-t- -- 12.2.13 PIC *tunnā- 'wave' < -- pre-Clt. *tuh2-s-neh2-? or < -- pre-Clt. *tu-n-d-neh2-? -- 12.2.14 PIC *kaφno- < -- West PIE *kh2p-no- 'harbor' -- 12.2.15 PIC *enistī- 'island' < -- pre- Clt. *h1eni-sth2-ih2- 'standing inside' -- 12.2.16 pre-Ir. *gai̯to/ā- 'estuary'? -- 12.2.17 PIC *tabernV- 'sea'? -- 12.2.18 Pre-Ir. *(ambi-)bato- 'sea'? <. , pre-Clt. *h2m̥ bʰi-gu̯h2-to-?.
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2018-11-19
    Description: We report the discovery of a large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland. From airborne radar surveys, we identify a 31-kilometer-wide, circular bedrock depression beneath up to a kilometer of ice. This depression has an elevated rim that cross-cuts tributary subglacial channels and a subdued central uplift that appears to be actively eroding. From ground investigations of the deglaciated foreland, we identify overprinted structures within Precambrian bedrock along the ice margin that strike tangent to the subglacial rim. Glaciofluvial sediment from the largest river draining the crater contains shocked quartz and other impact-related grains. Geochemical analysis of this sediment indicates that the impactor was a fractionated iron asteroid, which must have been more than a kilometer wide to produce the identified crater. Radiostratigraphy of the ice in the crater shows that the Holocene ice is continuous and conformable, but all deeper and older ice appears to be debris rich or heavily disturbed. The age of this impact crater is presently unknown, but from our geological and geophysical evidence, we conclude that it is unlikely to predate the Pleistocene inception of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
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    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Description: The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely applied nowadays, knowledge gaps remain in this field and there is therefore still research to be conducted to ensure the reliability of the sedimentary DNA signal. Building on the most recent literature and seven original case studies, we synthesize the state-of-the-art analytical procedures for effective sampling, extraction, amplification, quantification and/or generation of DNA inventories from sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) via high-throughput sequencing technologies. We provide recommendations based on current knowledge and best practises
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
    Type: Article , isiRev , info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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    Publication Date: 2020-02-06
    Description: Our growing awareness of the microbial world’s importance and diversity contrasts starkly with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA sequencing, a lack of standardized protocols and common analytical frameworks impedes comparisons among studies, hindering the development of global inferences about microbial life on Earth. Here we present a meta-analysis of microbial community samples collected by hundreds of researchers for the Earth Microbiome Project. Coordinated protocols and new analytical methods, particularly the use of exact sequences instead of clustered operational taxonomic units, enable bacterial and archaeal ribosomal RNA gene sequences to be followed across multiple studies and allow us to explore patterns of diversity at an unprecedented scale. The result is both a reference database giving global context to DNA sequence data and a framework for incorporating data from future studies, fostering increasingly complete characterization of Earth’s microbial diversity.
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    Publication Date: 2017-02-23
    Description: The climatic changes of the glacial cycles are thought to have been a major driver of population declines and species extinctions. However, studies to date have focused on terrestrial fauna and there is little understanding of how marine species responded to past climate change. Here we show that a true Arctic species, the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), shifted its range and tracked its core suitable habitat northwards during the rapid climate change of the Pleistocene–Holocene transition. Late Pleistocene lineages survived into the Holocene and effective female population size increased rapidly, concurrent with a threefold increase in core suitable habitat. This study highlights that responses to climate change are likely to be species specific and difficult to predict. We estimate that the core suitable habitat of bowhead whales will be almost halved by the end of this century, potentially influencing future population dynamics.
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    Publication Date: 2016-01-01
    Description: By amplifying the melanocortin type 1 receptor from the woolly mammoth, we can report the complete nucleotide sequence of a nuclear-encoded gene from an extinct species. We found two alleles and show that one allele produces a functional protein whereas the other one encodes a protein with strongly reduced activity. This finding suggests that mammoths may have been polymorphic in coat color, with both dark- and light-haired individuals co-occurring.
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    Publication Date: 2016-10-12
    Description: The rich fossil record of horses has made them a classic example of evolutionary processes. However, while the overall picture of equid evolution is well known, the details are surprisingly poorly understood, especially for the later Pliocene and Pleistocene, c. 3 million to 0.01 million years (Ma) ago, and nowhere more so than in the Americas. There is no consensus on the number of equid species or even the number of lineages that existed in these continents. Likewise, the origin of the endemic South American genus Hippidion is unresolved, as is the phylogenetic position of the “stilt-legged” horses of North America. Using ancient DNA sequences, we show that, in contrast to current models based on morphology and a recent genetic study, Hippidion was phylogenetically close to the caballine (true) horses, with origins considerably more recent than the currently accepted date of c. 10 Ma. Furthermore, we show that stilt-legged horses, commonly regarded as Old World migrants related to the hemionid asses of Asia, were in fact an endemic North American lineage. Finally, our data suggest that there were fewer horse species in late Pleistocene North America than have been named on morphological grounds. Both caballine and stilt-legged lineages may each have comprised a single, wide-ranging species.
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-08
    Description: The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate, with unknown consequences for endemic fauna. However, Earth has experienced severe climatic oscillations in the past, and understanding how species responded to them might provide insight into their resilience to near-future climatic predictions. Little is known about the responses of Arctic marine mammals to past climatic shifts, but narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are considered one of the endemic Arctic species most vulnerable to environmental change. Here, we analyse 121 complete mitochondrial genomes from narwhals sampled across their range and use them in combination with species distribution models to elucidate the influence of past and ongoing climatic shifts on their population structure and demographic history. We find low levels of genetic diversity and limited geographic structuring of genetic clades. We show that narwhals experienced a long-term low effective population size, which increased after the Last Glacial Maximum, when the amount of suitable habitat expanded. Similar post-glacial habitat release has been a key driver of population size expansion of other polar marine predators. Our analyses indicate that habitat availability has been critical to the success of narwhals, raising concerns for their fate in an increasingly warming Arctic.
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