Through 40,000 years of human presence in Southern Europe: the Italian case study.

ABSTRACT: The Italian Peninsula, a natural pier across the Mediterranean Sea, witnessed intricate population events since the very beginning of the human occupation in Europe. In the last few years, an increasing number of modern and ancient genomes from the area have been published by the international research community. This genomic perspective started unveiling the relevance of Italy to understand the post-Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) re-peopling of Europe, the earlier phase of the Neolithic westward migrations, and its linking role between Eastern and Western Mediterranean areas after the Iron Age. However, many open questions are still waiting for more data to be addressed in full. With this review, we summarize the current knowledge emerging from the available ancient Italian individuals and, b

SUBMITTER: Aneli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8460580 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature