José Antonio Hernández Vera
University of Zaragoza
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2018
Cristina Valdiosera; Torsten Günther; Juan Carlos Vera-Rodríguez; Irene Ureña; Eneko Iriarte; Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela; Luciana G. Simões; Rafael M. Martínez-Sánchez; Emma Svensson; Helena Malmström; Laura Rodríguez; José-María Bermúdez de Castro; Eudald Carbonell; Alfonso Alday; José Antonio Hernández Vera; Anders Götherström; José-Miguel Carretero; Juan Luis Arsuaga; Colin I. Smith; Mattias Jakobsson
Significance The gene pool of modern Europeans was shaped through prehistoric migrations that reached the Western Mediterranean last. Obtaining biomolecular data has been challenging due to poor preservation related to adverse climatic conditions in this region. Here, we study the impact of prehistoric (Neolithic–Bronze Age) migrations in Iberia by analyzing genomic and dietary data, demonstrating that farming practices were introduced by a population genetically distinct from the first farmers in central and northern Europe. After recovering from a founder bottleneck, these first farmers mixed with local hunter-gatherers. Finally, post-Neolithic migrations had a much smaller impact on the Iberian gene pool than they had in other parts of Europe. Stable isotope analysis reveals a homogenous terrestrial diet throughout this period. Population genomic studies of ancient human remains have shown how modern-day European population structure has been shaped by a number of prehistoric migrations. The Neolithization of Europe has been associated with large-scale migrations from Anatolia, which was followed by migrations of herders from the Pontic steppe at the onset of the Bronze Age. Southwestern Europe was one of the last parts of the continent reached by these migrations, and modern-day populations from this region show intriguing similarities to the initial Neolithic migrants. Partly due to climatic conditions that are unfavorable for DNA preservation, regional studies on the Mediterranean remain challenging. Here, we present genome-wide sequence data from 13 individuals combined with stable isotope analysis from the north and south of Iberia covering a four-millennial temporal transect (7,500–3,500 BP). Early Iberian farmers and Early Central European farmers exhibit significant genetic differences, suggesting two independent fronts of the Neolithic expansion. The first Neolithic migrants that arrived in Iberia had low levels of genetic diversity, potentially reflecting a small number of individuals; this diversity gradually increased over time from mixing with local hunter-gatherers and potential population expansion. The impact of post-Neolithic migrations on Iberia was much smaller than for the rest of the continent, showing little external influence from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Paleodietary reconstruction shows that these populations have a remarkable degree of dietary homogeneity across space and time, suggesting a strong reliance on terrestrial food resources despite changing culture and genetic make-up.
Veleia: Revista de prehistoria, historia antigua, arqueología y filología clásicas | 1989
José Antonio Hernández Vera; Julio Núñez Marcén
Estrato: Revista riojana de arqueología | 1996
José Antonio Hernández Vera; José Manuel Martínez Torrecilla; Francisco Javier Gutiérrez González
Zephyrus: Revista de prehistoria y arqueología | 1999
José Antonio Hernández Vera; Enrique Ariño Gil; José Manuel Martínez Torrecilla; Julio Núñez Marcén
Estrato: Revista riojana de arqueología | 1997
José Antonio Hernández Vera; José Manuel Martínez Torrecilla; Francisco Javier Gutiérrez González
Palaeohispánica: Revista sobre lenguas y culturas de la Hispania antigua | 2013
Francisco Beltrán Lloris; Juan José Bienes Calvo; José Antonio Hernández Vera; Carlos Benjamín Jordán Cólera
Caesaraugusta | 2011
Paula Uribe Agudo; José Antonio Hernández Vera; Juan José Bienes Calvo
Cerámicas tardorromanas y altomedievales en la Península Ibérica : ruptura y continuidad : (II Simposio de Arqueología, Merida 2001), 2004, ISBN 84-00-08202-8, págs. 307-320 | 2004
José Antonio Hernández Vera; Juan José Bienes Calvo
La Seo de Zaragoza, 1998, ISBN 84-7753-720-8, págs. 69-84 | 1998
José Antonio Hernández Vera; Bernabé Cabañero Subiza; Juan José Bienes Calvo
La Seo de Zaragoza, 1998, ISBN 84-7753-720-8, págs. 23-46 | 1998
José Antonio Hernández Vera; Juan José Bienes Calvo