New research by paleogeneticists showed that the Fatyanovo culture arose in the territory of the Russian Plain and Middle Volga about 5.5 thousand years ago. TASS writes on this topic with reference to the MIPT Center for Scientific Communication.
The new culture was formed as a result of the migration of a group of peoples from Central Europe who brought animal husbandry with them to the territory of modern Russia. Scientists state that the genetic diversity of this group is low, which indicates strict rules and consolidation in society.
A group of Russian paleogeneticists, led by Kharis Mustafin from MIPT, conducted a study to learn more about the origins of the Fatyanovo culture. Scientists have long been studying the history of development of the Russian Plain and Middle Volga using paleogenetic methods.
Fatyanovo culture was widespread in the Oka, Volga and Kama basins in the 3rd millennium BC. Its representatives were the first to engage in animal husbandry in the forest area of the Russian Plain and are considered close relatives of the first proto-European peoples of Europe associated with the Corded Ware culture. Therefore, they extracted DNA fragments from the remains and deciphered the genomes of 25 representatives of the culture. Scientists used these data to explore the possible ancestral home of the first pastoralists on the Russian Plain and reveal their migration routes. The result was the European origins of these animal breeders.
Previously in Bashkiria brought New Belovezhsk bison families for breeding.