Mitogenomes illuminate the origin and migration patterns of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands.

ABSTRACT: The Canary Islands' indigenous people have been the subject of substantial archaeological, anthropological, linguistic and genetic research pointing to a most probable North African Berber source. However, neither agreement about the exact point of origin nor a model for the indigenous colonization of the islands has been established. To shed light on these questions, we analyzed 48 ancient mitogenomes from 25 archaeological sites from the seven main islands. Most lineages observed in the ancient samples have a Mediterranean distribution, and belong to lineages associated with the Neolithic expansion in the Near East and Europe (T2c, J2a, X3a…). This phylogeographic analysis of Canarian ancient mitogenomes, the first of its kind, shows that some lineages are restricted to Central North Afr

SUBMITTER: Fregel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6426200 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature