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Bart0s
11-11-2022, 12:07 PM
They found two E-V13 among them

''By studying genome-wide data from 54 individuals from eighth- to fifth-century Sicily, we gain insights into the composition of Classical Greek armies (ca. fifth c. BCE) and the populace of a Greek colony. The presence of mercenaries in Greek armies fighting in the Mediterranean, as early as 480 BCE and with origins as far away as northern Europe and the Caucasus, is absent from historical texts and thus so far underappreciated in ancient classical scholarship. Our interdisciplinary study both underlines the value of integrating genetic studies to complement archaeological and historical research and highlights the importance of warfare in facilitating continental-scale human mobility, cultural contact, and cooperation in the Mediterranean of the Classical period."]By studying genome-wide data from 54 individuals from eighth- to fifth-century Sicily, we gain insights into the composition of Classical Greek armies (ca. fifth c. BCE) and the populace of a Greek colony. The presence of mercenaries in Greek armies fighting in the Mediterranean, as early as 480 BCE and with origins as far away as northern Europe and the Caucasus, is absent from historical texts and thus so far underappreciated in ancient classical scholarship. Our interdisciplinary study both underlines the value of integrating genetic studies to complement archaeological and historical research and highlights the importance of warfare in facilitating continental-scale human mobility, cultural contact, and cooperation in the Mediterranean of the Classical period.''

The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2205272119)

Bart0s
11-11-2022, 12:15 PM
Looks like Thracian origin theory of this Y-DNA got crushed :lol:

Here are the two E-V13 found in Sicily:

Distance to: ITA_Sicily_Himera_480BCE_2:I10950
0.02644317 MNE_LBA:I13777
0.03004671 MNE_LBA:I13168
0.03136522 HRV_Cetina_BA:I11843
0.03335056 Illyricum_Pannonia_Savia
0.03349799 MNE_LBA:I13169
0.03389818 HRV_IA:I5723
0.03457736 HRV_EIA:I23995
0.03494391 MKD_BA:I7231
0.03519045 HRV_EIA:I26742
0.03597359 MNE_LBA:I14498
0.03614792 ALB_Cinamak_Anc:I16253
0.03634671 HRV_Cetina_BA:I18746
0.03655479 HRV_EIA:I23904
0.03681637 MNE_LBA:I13775
0.03691214 HRV_IA:I5724
0.03707638 MKD_Anc:I10379
0.03806232 ALB_Cinamak_Anc:I14690
0.03809054 MKD_Anc:I10384
0.03820941 Roman_Dardania:Naissus:Roman_NaissusR6764-K13-sim
0.03864620 Illyricum_Histria
0.03896761 HRV_IA:I5729
0.03903319 Moesia_Dardania:Serbia_Viminacium_J2b2_L283
0.03977342 MKD_Anc:I10388
0.03978091 MNE_LBA:I13167
0.03989859 MKD_Anc:I10383



Distance to: ITA_Sicily_Himera_480BCE_2:I10946
0.03356102 MNE_LBA:I13172
0.03586256 MNE_LBA:I13778
0.03603379 MNE_LBA:I13777
0.03651398 HRV_Cetina_BA:I18745
0.03663615 MKD_Anc:I10385
0.03695543 HRV_EIA:I24639
0.03769119 HRV_IA:I3313
0.03773390 MNE_LBA:I13168
0.03775108 MKD_Anc:I10390
0.03878871 HRV_IA:I5724
0.03900694 MKD_Anc:I10388
0.03905024 HRV_IA:I5723
0.03916860 MNE_LBA:I13169
0.03932334 HRV_Cetina_BA:I18746
0.03939193 MKD_Anc:I10391
0.03948079 Illyricum_Histria
0.03993394 HRV_EIA:I23996
0.04121443 HRV_IA:I5728
0.04132913 MNE_LBA:I13167
0.04153822 MKD_Anc:I10384
0.04170134 HRV_Cetina_BA:I11843
0.04189368 HRV_EIA:I26742
0.04206076 HRV_Cetina_BA:I19027
0.04212799 Illyricum_Pannonia_Savia
0.04230689 ALB_Cinamak_Anc:I14692

Bart0s
11-11-2022, 01:22 PM
None of them plot like any Thracians

Bart0s
11-14-2022, 01:52 PM
E-V13 from Sicily

https://i.imgur.com/soZn6yt.png