Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean. Antonio, M. L., Gao, Z., Moots, H. M., Lucci, M., Candilio, F., Sawyer, S., Oberreiter, V., Calderon, D., Devitofranceschi, K., Aikens, R. C., Aneli, S., Bartoli, F., Bedini, A., Cheronet, O., Cotter, D. J., Fernandes, D. M., Gasperetti, G., Grifoni, R., Guidi, A., La Pastina, F., Loreti, E., Manacorda, D., Matullo, G., Morretta, S., Nava, A., Fiocchi Nicolai, V., Nomi, F., Pavolini, C., Pentiricci, M., Pergola, P., Piranomonte, M., Schmidt, R., Spinola, G., Sperduti, A., Rubini, M., Bondioli, L., Coppa, A., Pinhasi, R., & Pritchard, J. K. Science, 366(6466):708–714, November, 2019. ![Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex 3 downloads 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.
@article{antonio_ancient_2019,
title = {Ancient {Rome}: {A} genetic crossroads of {Europe} and the {Mediterranean}},
volume = {366},
issn = {0036-8075},
url = {https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6466/708},
doi = {10.1126/science.aay6826},
abstract = {Ancient Rome was the capital of an empire of {\textasciitilde}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.},
number = {6466},
journal = {Science},
author = {Antonio, Margaret L. and Gao, Ziyue and Moots, Hannah M. and Lucci, Michaela and Candilio, Francesca and Sawyer, Susanna and Oberreiter, Victoria and Calderon, Diego and Devitofranceschi, Katharina and Aikens, Rachael C. and Aneli, Serena and Bartoli, Fulvio and Bedini, Alessandro and Cheronet, Olivia and Cotter, Daniel J. and Fernandes, Daniel M. and Gasperetti, Gabriella and Grifoni, Renata and Guidi, Alessandro and La Pastina, Francesco and Loreti, Ersilia and Manacorda, Daniele and Matullo, Giuseppe and Morretta, Simona and Nava, Alessia and Fiocchi Nicolai, Vincenzo and Nomi, Federico and Pavolini, Carlo and Pentiricci, Massimo and Pergola, Philippe and Piranomonte, Marina and Schmidt, Ryan and Spinola, Giandomenico and Sperduti, Alessandra and Rubini, Mauro and Bondioli, Luca and Coppa, Alfredo and Pinhasi, Ron and Pritchard, Jonathan K.},
month = nov,
year = {2019},
pages = {708--714},
}
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