Authors: Pau Sureda; Matthew Mah; Ron Pinhasi; Constanze Schattke; Luis Teira; Kadir T. Özdoğan; David Caramelli; Matthew Ferry; Maria Rita Palombo; Stefania Vai; Marina Lozano; Vincenza Forgia; Mario Novak; Rebecca Bernardos; Alessandra Modi; Megan Michel; Jonas Oppenheimer; Brendan J. Culleton; Edgard Camarós; Iosif Lazaridis; Gabriella Gasperetti; Michaela Lucci; Kirsten Mandl; Vittoria Schimmenti; Alissa Mittnik; Martina Lari; Giulio Catalano; Luca Sineo; Carla Maria Calò; Kristin Stewardson; Douglas J. Kennett; Iñigo Olalde; Elisabetta Marini; Alfredo Coppa; Swapan Mallick; Nick Patterson; Francesca Candilio; Beatriz Gamarra; Carles Lalueza-Fox; Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht; Daniel Fernandes; Damià Ramis; Roberto Miccichè; Marián Cueto; Kendra Sirak; David Reich; Margherita Micheletti; Maria Teschler-Nicola; Nadin Rohland; Gianfranca Salis; Olivia Cheronet; Jens Carlsson

Venue: Nature Ecology & Evolution

Type: Publication

Abstract: Steppe-pastoralist-related ancestry reached Central Europe by at least 2500 BC, whereas Iranian farmer-related ancestry was present in Aegean Europe by at least 1900 BC. However, the spread of these ancestries into the western Mediterranean, where they have contributed to many populations that live today, remains poorly understood. Here, we generated genome-wide ancient-DNA data from the Balearic Islands, Sicily and Sardinia, increasing the number of individuals with reported data from 5 to 66. The oldest individual from the Balearic Islands (~... (read more)

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1102-0