Bell Beaker DNA: What Was the Genetic Makeup of the Culture that Changed Western Europe?

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Also check out: Yamnaya Culture: The Most Powerful Culture You May Not Know About... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyeQCro_xiY Please support this channel on Patreon and get ad-free videos and other benefits: https://www.patreon.com/historydecoded Subscribe to Celtic History Decoded: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCS3M_uNHH2iOJkpGhkO2SA?sub_confirmation=1 Please Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/celtichistory Check out my merch store and please help support this channel - https://celtic-history-decoded.creator-spring.com/ - Full terms and conditions can be found on Spring’s website. Follow Celtic History Decoded on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/celtichistorydecoded/ Follow Celtic History Decoded on Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@celtichistorydecoded Bell Beaker DNA: What Was the Genetic Makeup of the Culture that Changed Western Europe? Chapters: 0:00 The Bell Beaker Culture 1:53 Are you related to them? Genetic Legacy 4:09 Genetic Makeup 8:09 Appearance What was the genetic makeup of the Bell Beaker people, a culture that had a profound impact on the genetics of Britain, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula? Now before this, let’s get a quick overview of the Bell Beaker complex for those that are not too familiar with it? I have made other videos on them but as a general overview, the Bell Beaker Culture refers to an archaeological culture that existed for around one thousand years, from around 2800-1800 BC. It gets its name from the shape of their pottery, drinking vessels in the shape of inverted-bells. The people who were part of the Beaker culture can be identified as they were buried with distinctive artefacts such as their pottery. This pottery first appeared on the Iberian peninsula, but within less than 100 years, this ancient culture had spread across much of Western and Central Europe and into Britain and Ireland, including reaching parts of Europe such as Sardinia and Sicily, in addition to parts of northern Africa. Now why should we care about what the genetic makeup of the Bell Beakers was? Sources: National History Museum, The Beaker people: a new population for ancient Britain https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/february/the-beaker-people-a-new-population-for-ancient-britain.html Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. et al. The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature 555, 190–196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25738 Britannica, Beaker folk Beaker folk | Bronze Age, Megalithic, Britain & Ireland | Britannica Bell Beaker culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Beaker_culture Barry Cunliffe (2018) The Ancient Celts (Oxford University Press) Corded Ware culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture Funnelbeaker culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnelbeaker_culture ] Cassidy, L. (2015) Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome PNAS 113 (2) 368-373 Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome | PNAS Zedda, N., Meheux, K., Blöcher, J. et al. Biological and substitute parents in Beaker period adult–child graves. Sci Rep 13, 18765 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45612-3 The Past - Andrew Fitzpatrick, Jacqueline McKinley, Alistair Barclay, Ian Armit, Iñigo Olalde, and David Reich Family ties: deciphering the DNA of the Amesbury Archer and the Companion – The Past (the-past.com) Current Archaeology - Prehistoric pop culture: Deciphering the DNA of the Bell Beaker Complex Prehistoric pop culture: Deciphering the DNA of the Bell Beaker Complex - Current Archaeology Mathieson, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Posth, C. et al. The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature 555, 197–203 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778 Únětice culture Únětice culture - Wikipedia Funnelbeaker culture - Wikipedia Iñigo Olalde et al. The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.Science363,1230-1234(2019).DOI:10.1126/science.aav4040 Amesbury Archer - Wikipedia Creative Commons Imagery: TobyEditor File:Shrewton Beaker Burial.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. CC BY 4.0 Deed | Attribution 4.0 International | Creative Commons Richard Avery File:The Amesbury Archer.JPG - Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International | Creative Commons Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL File:Castro do Zambujal - Portugal (51871718889).jpg - Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed | Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic | Creative Commons #BellBeakerCulture #history #ancientcivilization