Joseph H. Marcus
Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia
Marcus, Joseph H.; Posth, Cosimo; Ringbauer, Harald; Lai, Luca; Skeates, Robin; Sidore, Carlo; Beckett, Jessica; Furtwängler, Anja; Olivieri, Anna; Chiang, Charleston W.K.; Al-Asadi, Hussein; Dey, Kushal; Joseph, Tyler A.; Liu, Chi-Chun; Der Sarkissian, Clio; Radzevičiūtė, Rita; Michel, Megan; Gradoli, Maria Giuseppina; Marongiu, Patrizia; Rubino, Salvatore; Mazzarello, Vittorio; Rovina, Daniela; La Fragola, Alessandra; Serra, Rita Maria; Bandiera, Pasquale; Bianucci, Raffaella; Pompianu, Elisa; Murgia, Clizia; Guirguis, Michele; Orquin, Rosana Pla; Tuross, Noreen; van Dommelen, Peter; Haak, Wolfgang; Reich, David; Schlessinger, David; Cucca, Francesco; Krause, Johannes; Novembre, John
Authors
Cosimo Posth
Harald Ringbauer
Luca Lai
Professor Robin Skeates robin.skeates@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Carlo Sidore
Jessica Beckett
Anja Furtwängler
Anna Olivieri
Charleston W.K. Chiang
Hussein Al-Asadi
Kushal Dey
Tyler A. Joseph
Chi-Chun Liu
Clio Der Sarkissian
Rita Radzevičiūtė
Megan Michel
Maria Giuseppina Gradoli
Patrizia Marongiu
Salvatore Rubino
Vittorio Mazzarello
Daniela Rovina
Alessandra La Fragola
Rita Maria Serra
Pasquale Bandiera
Raffaella Bianucci
Elisa Pompianu
Clizia Murgia
Michele Guirguis
Rosana Pla Orquin
Noreen Tuross
Peter van Dommelen
Wolfgang Haak
David Reich
David Schlessinger
Francesco Cucca
Johannes Krause
John Novembre
Abstract
The island of Sardinia has been of particular interest to geneticists for decades. The current model for Sardinia’s genetic history describes the island as harboring a founder population that was established largely from the Neolithic peoples of southern Europe and remained isolated from later Bronze Age expansions on the mainland. To evaluate this model, we generate genome-wide ancient DNA data for 70 individuals from 21 Sardinian archaeological sites spanning the Middle Neolithic through the Medieval period. The earliest individuals show a strong affinity to western Mediterranean Neolithic populations, followed by an extended period of genetic continuity on the island through the Nuragic period (second millennium BCE). Beginning with individuals from Phoenician/Punic sites (first millennium BCE), we observe spatially-varying signals of admixture with sources principally from the eastern and northern Mediterranean. Overall, our analysis sheds light on the genetic history of Sardinia, revealing how relationships to mainland populations shifted over time.
Citation
Marcus, J. H., Posth, C., Ringbauer, H., Lai, L., Skeates, R., Sidore, C., …Novembre, J. (2020). Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 939. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 8, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 24, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | Mar 4, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 11, 2020 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Publisher | Nature Research |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 939 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1306534 |
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