The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2,000-year archeogenomic time transect

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https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB42866
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

The origin, development and legacy of the enigmatic Etruscan civilization from the central region of the Italian peninsula known as Etruria has been the subject of scholarly debate for centuries. Here we report a genomic time transect of 82 individuals spanning almost two millennia (800 BCE – 1,000 CE) across Etruria and southern Italy. During the Iron Age, we detect a component of Indo-European-associated steppe ancestry and the lack of recent Anatolian admixture among the putative non-Indo-European-speaking Etruscans. Despite comprising diverse individuals of central European, northern African and Near Eastern ancestry, the local gene pool is largely maintained across the first millennium BCE. This continuity drastically changes during the Roman Imperial period where we report an abrupt population-wide shift to ~50% admixture with eastern Mediterranean ancestry. Finally, we identify northern European components appearing in central Italy during the Early Middle Ages, which thus formed the genetic landscape of present-day Italian populations.

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Opinions? We saw the same conclusions in the Ancient Rome paper so it is nothing new. Italians seems to be a mixture of Iron Age Italians and all sorts of Mediterraneans from across the Roman Empire plus some post-Roman Germanic admixture in varying proportions depending on the region.

[gixajo]

Fantastic.

[J. Ketch]

There was some unclearness in the Moots paper that led people to think the mass East Med migration into Italy may have begun way back into the Republican Era, or even earlier. It's helpful to know that they were indeed mostly Imperial blow-ins.

[Rethel]

During the Iron Age, we detect a component of Indo-European-associated steppe ancestry and the lack of recent Anatolian admixture among the putative non-Indo-European-speaking Etruscans.

And now:
1. Light appearance of some Etruscians is perfectly understandable.
2. It is another from plenty proofs of Indoeuropeans being transmitters of lightness.
3. Many clear indoeuropean words are understandable - especially those celtic-like are impressive.
4. Indoeuropean linguistic theories are back on the table.

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There was some unclearness in the Moots paper that led people to think the mass East Med migration into Italy may have begun way back into the Republican Era, or even earlier. It's helpful to know that they were indeed mostly Imperial blow-ins.

Yeah, and it shows that the impact wasn't just restricted to Rome as some have suggested (although anyone with two brain cells would've been able to figure that out by looking at modern-day Italians). Hopefully they will be able to tell what exactly are the sources of the eastern Mediterranean ancestry.

[Leto]

They were a based civilization. Notice the familiar symbol and please don't report me for hate speech.

Etruscan pendant with swastika symbols from Bolsena, Italy, 700–650 BC. Louvre

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And now:
1. Light appearance of some Etruscians is perfectly understandable.
2. It is another from plenty proofs of Indoeuropeans being transmitters of lightness.
3. Many clear indoeuropean words are understandable - especially those celtic-like are impressive.
4. Indoeuropean linguistic theories are back on the table.

That blond and red hair come from Indo-Europeans is hardly debatable. The earliest carriers of the presently most prevalent red hair genes all come from IE steppe cultures. The earliest blond individual is the fully ANE Afontova Gora 3 from southern Siberia.

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That blond and red hair come from Indo-European is hardly debatable. The earliest carriers of the presently most prevalent red hair genes all come from IE steppe cultures. The earliest blond individual is the fully ANE Afontova Gora 3 from southern Siberia.

Today started another thread showing, that some still have a hard time to deal with that.

[Leto]

That blond and red hair come from Indo-European is hardly debatable. The earliest carriers of the presently most prevalent red hair genes all come from IE steppe cultures. The earliest blond individual is the fully ANE Afontova Gora 3 from southern Siberia.

So the Steppe basically shaped what would later be called the white race like nothing else.