Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean

[Samnium]

Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean

Margaret L. Antonio, Ziyue Gao, Hannah M. Moots, Michaela Lucci, Francesca Candilio, Susanna Sawyer, Victoria Oberreiter, Diego Calderon, Katharina Devitofranceschi...

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Abstract

Ancient Rome was the capital of an empire of ~70 million inhabitants, but little is known about the genetics of ancient Romans. Here we present 127 genomes from 29 archaeological sites in and around Rome, spanning the past 12,000 years. We observe two major prehistoric ancestry transitions: one with the introduction of farming and another prior to the Iron Age. By the founding of Rome, the genetic composition of the region approximated that of modern Mediterranean populations. During the Imperial period, Rome’s population received net immigration from the Near East, followed by an increase in genetic contributions from Europe. These ancestry shifts mirrored the geopolitical affiliations of Rome and were accompanied by marked interindividual diversity, reflecting gene flow from across the Mediterranean, Europe, and North Africa.

Source : https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6466/708

[vbnetkhio]

Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean

Margaret L. Antonio, Ziyue Gao, Hannah M. Moots, Michaela Lucci, Francesca Candilio, Susanna Sawyer, Victoria Oberreiter, Diego Calderon, Katharina Devitofranceschi...

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Abstract

Ancient Rome was the capital of an empire of ~70 million inhabitants, but little is known about the genetics of ancient Romans. Here we present 127 genomes from 29 archaeological sites in and around Rome, spanning the past 12,000 years. We observe two major prehistoric ancestry transitions: one with the introduction of farming and another prior to the Iron Age. By the founding of Rome, the genetic composition of the region approximated that of modern Mediterranean populations. During the Imperial period, Rome’s population received net immigration from the Near East, followed by an increase in genetic contributions from Europe. These ancestry shifts mirrored the geopolitical affiliations of Rome and were accompanied by marked interindividual diversity, reflecting gene flow from across the Mediterranean, Europe, and North Africa.

Source : https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6466/708

this just came out?

[Adamm]

Is this the new study?

[Dna8]

I haven't read the source, but your opening post harmonizes with my perception.

[Samnium]

Is this the new study?

It's not the same study as the one that I've talked about. The next study will be published in two weeks, and this will investigate another possibility, that Italic peoples from rural and remote areas have repopulated the cities.

[Samnium]

this just came out?

45 minutes ago yes

[Samnium]

"For the first time a study of this magnitude is conducted on a great classical civilization and is focused on Rome the capital of one of the greatest empires of Antiquity."

Alfredo Coppa professor of Physical Anthropology at Sapienza University in Rome.

(https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/pr...and-diversity/)


A tool provided by the authors, to visualize the data collected : https://dcalderon.shinyapps.io/shiny_rome/

[vbnetkhio]

45 minutes ago yes

is it this one?

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/anth...87552-s15.html

[Creoda]

Check out the massive shift from Iron Age (Republican) to Imperial.

[Samnium]

is it this one?

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/anth...87552-s15.html

Nope. It's another PCA with new samples. This one is old.