%0 Journal Article
%A Marcus, Joseph H.
%A Posth, Cosimo
%A Ringbauer, Harald
%A Lai, Luca
%A Skeates, Robin
%A Sidore, Carlo
%A Beckett, Jessica
%A Furtwängler, Anja
%A Olivieri, Anna
%A Chiang, Charleston W. K.
%A Al-Asadi, Hussein
%A Dey, Kushal
%A Joseph, Tyler A.
%A Liu, Chi-Chun
%A Der Sarkissian, Clio
%A Radzeviciute, Rita
%A Michel, Megan
%A Gradoli, Maria Giuseppina
%A Marongiu, Patrizia
%A Rubino, Salvatore
%A Mazzarello, Vittorio
%A Rovina, Daniela
%A La Fragola, Alessandra
%A Serra, Rita Maria
%A Bandiera, Pasquale
%A Bianucci, Raffaella
%A Pompianu, Elisa
%A Murgia, Clizia
%A Guirguis, Michele
%A Orquin, Rosana Pla
%A Tuross, Noreen
%A van Dommelen, Peter
%A Haak, Wolfgang
%A Reich, David
%A Schlessinger, David
%A Cucca, Francesco
%A Krause, Johannes
%A Novembre, John
%+ Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
MHAAM, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
MHAAM, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
%T Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-30D2-5
%R 10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6
%F OTHER: shh2525
%7 2020-02-24
%D 2020
%8 24.02.2020
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X 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.
%J Nature Communications
%O Nat. Commun.
%V 11
%N 1
%] 939
%I Nature Publishing Group
%C London
%@ 2041-1723