Report f Continuity between Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers and Contemporary Scandinavians

Helena Malmström,1,2 M.Thomas P. Gilbert,2 Mark G. Thomas,3 Mikael Brandström,4 Jan Storå,5 Petra Molnar,5 Pernille K. Andersen,6 Christian Bendixen,6 Gunilla Holmlund,7 Anders Götherström,1,8,* and Eske Willerslev2,8,* 1Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, SE-11863 Uppsala, Sweden 2Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 3Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and the AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK 4Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-10691 Uppsala, Sweden 5Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 6Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, PO Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark 7National Board of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology, SE-58758 Linköping, Sweden