Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

Authors: Ferna´ndez-Lo´pez de Pablo, J., Gutie´rrez-Roig, M., Go´mez-Puche, M., McLaughlin, R., Silva, F. and Lozano, S.

Journal: Nature Communications

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

eISSN: 2041-1723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3

Abstract:

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of Iberia to reconstruct long-term changes in population levels and test different models of demographic growth during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition. Our best fitting demographic model is composed of three phases. First, we document a regime of exponential population increase during the Late Glacial warming period (c.16.6-12.9 kya). Second, we identify a phase of sustained population contraction and stagnation, beginning with the cold episode of the Younger Dryas and continuing through the first half of the Early Holocene (12.9-10.2 kya). Finally, we report a third phase of density-dependent logistic growth (10.2-8 kya), with rapid population increase followed by stabilization. Our results support a population bottleneck hypothesis during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition, providing a demographic context to interpret major shifts of prehistoric genetic groups in south-west Europe.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32192/

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Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia.

Authors: Fernández-López de Pablo, J., Gutiérrez-Roig, M., Gómez-Puche, M., McLaughlin, R., Silva, F. and Lozano, S.

Journal: Nat Commun

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

Pages: 1872

eISSN: 2041-1723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3

Abstract:

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of Iberia to reconstruct long-term changes in population levels and test different models of demographic growth during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition. Our best fitting demographic model is composed of three phases. First, we document a regime of exponential population increase during the Late Glacial warming period (c.16.6-12.9 kya). Second, we identify a phase of sustained population contraction and stagnation, beginning with the cold episode of the Younger Dryas and continuing through the first half of the Early Holocene (12.9-10.2 kya). Finally, we report a third phase of density-dependent logistic growth (10.2-8 kya), with rapid population increase followed by stabilization. Our results support a population bottleneck hypothesis during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition, providing a demographic context to interpret major shifts of prehistoric genetic groups in south-west Europe.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32192/

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Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

Authors: Fernandez-Lopez de Pablo, J., Gutierrez-Roig, M., Gomez-Puche, M., McLaughlin, R., Silva, F. and Lozano, S.

Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Volume: 10

ISSN: 2041-1723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32192/

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Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

Authors: Fernández-López de Pablo, J., Gutiérrez-Roig, M., Gómez-Puche, M., McLaughlin, R., Parracho Silva, F. and Lozano, S.

Journal: Nature Communications

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN: 2041-1723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3

Abstract:

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of Iberia to reconstruct long-term changes in population levels and test different models of demographic growth during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition. Our best fitting demographic model is composed of three phases. First, we document a regime of exponential population increase during the Late Glacial warming period (c.16.6-12.9 kya). Second, we identify a phase of sustained population contraction and stagnation, beginning with the cold episode of the Younger Dryas and continuing through the first half of the Early Holocene (12.9-10.2 kya). Finally, we report a third phase of density-dependent logistic growth (10.2-8 kya), with rapid population increase followed by stabilization. Our results support a population bottleneck hypothesis during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition, providing a demographic context to interpret major shifts of prehistoric genetic groups in south-west Europe.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32192/

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Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia.

Authors: Fernández-López de Pablo, J., Gutiérrez-Roig, M., Gómez-Puche, M., McLaughlin, R., Silva, F. and Lozano, S.

Journal: Nature communications

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

Pages: 1872

eISSN: 2041-1723

ISSN: 2041-1723

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3

Abstract:

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of Iberia to reconstruct long-term changes in population levels and test different models of demographic growth during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition. Our best fitting demographic model is composed of three phases. First, we document a regime of exponential population increase during the Late Glacial warming period (c.16.6-12.9 kya). Second, we identify a phase of sustained population contraction and stagnation, beginning with the cold episode of the Younger Dryas and continuing through the first half of the Early Holocene (12.9-10.2 kya). Finally, we report a third phase of density-dependent logistic growth (10.2-8 kya), with rapid population increase followed by stabilization. Our results support a population bottleneck hypothesis during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition, providing a demographic context to interpret major shifts of prehistoric genetic groups in south-west Europe.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32192/

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Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

Authors: Fernández-López de Pablo, J., Gutiérrez-Roig, M., Gómez-Puche, M., McLaughlin, R., Parracho Silva, F. and Lozano, S.

Journal: Nature Communications

Volume: 10

ISSN: 2041-1723

Abstract:

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of Iberia to reconstruct long-term changes in population levels and test different models of demographic growth during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition. Our best fitting demographic model is composed of three phases. First, we document a regime of exponential population increase during the Late Glacial warming period (c.16.6-12.9 kya). Second, we identify a phase of sustained population contraction and stagnation, beginning with the cold episode of the Younger Dryas and continuing through the first half of the Early Holocene (12.9-10.2 kya). Finally, we report a third phase of density-dependent logistic growth (10.2-8 kya), with rapid population increase followed by stabilization. Our results support a population bottleneck hypothesis during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition, providing a demographic context to interpret major shifts of prehistoric genetic groups in south-west Europe.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32192/

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