Large-scale archaeogenetic studies of people from prehistoric Europe tend to be broad in scope and difficult to resolve with local archaeologies. However, accompanying supplementary information often contains useful finer-scale information that is comprehensible without specific genetics expertise. Here, we show how undiscussed details provided in supplementary information of aDNA papers can provide crucial insight into patterns of ancestry change and genetic relatedness in the past by examining details relating to a >90 per cent shift in the genetic ancestry of populations who inhabited Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain (c. 2450–1600 bc). While this outcome was certainly influenced by movements of communities carrying novel ancestries into Britain from continental Europe, it was unlikely to have been a simple, rapid process, potentially taking up to 16 generations, during which time there is evidence for the synchronous persistence of groups largely descended from the Neolithic populations. Insofar as genetic relationships can be assumed to have had social meaning, identification of genetic relatives in cemeteries suggests paternal relationships were important, but there is substantial variability in how genetic ties were referenced and little evidence for strict patrilocality or female exogamy.

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补充资料中的故事：铜石时代的祖先变化 - 青铜时代早期的英国随着不同的亲属组织而逐渐变化

对史前欧洲人的大规模考古研究往往范围广泛，难以用当地考古学解决。然而，随附的补充信息通常包含有用的更精细的信息，无需特定的遗传学专业知识即可理解。在这里，我们展示了 aDNA 论文补充信息中提供的未讨论细节如何通过检查与居住在铜石时代和早期青铜时代的英国（C. 2450–1600公元前）。虽然这一结果肯定受到从欧洲大陆携带新血统进入英国的社区运动的影响，但它不太可能是一个简单、快速的过程，可能需要长达 16 代人的时间，在此期间有证据表明群体的同步持续存在主要来自新石器时代的人群。就可以假定遗传关系具有社会意义而言，墓地中遗传亲属的鉴定表明父系关系很重要，但在如何引用遗传关系方面存在很大差异，而且几乎没有证据表明严格的父权关系或女性外婚制。