% pubman genre = article @article{item_3257372, title = {{Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia}}, author = {Marcus, Joseph H. and Posth, Cosimo and Ringbauer, Harald and Lai, Luca and Skeates, Robin and Sidore, Carlo and Beckett, Jessica and Furtw{\"a}ngler, Anja and Olivieri, Anna and Chiang, Charleston W. K. and Al-Asadi, Hussein and Dey, Kushal and Joseph, Tyler A. and Liu, Chi-Chun and Der Sarkissian, Clio and Radzeviciute, Rita and Michel, Megan and Gradoli, Maria Giuseppina and Marongiu, Patrizia and Rubino, Salvatore and Mazzarello, Vittorio and Rovina, Daniela and La Fragola, Alessandra and Serra, Rita Maria and Bandiera, Pasquale and Bianucci, Raffaella and Pompianu, Elisa and Murgia, Clizia and Guirguis, Michele and Orquin, Rosana Pla and Tuross, Noreen and van Dommelen, Peter and Haak, Wolfgang and Reich, David and Schlessinger, David and Cucca, Francesco and Krause, Johannes and Novembre, John}, language = {eng}, issn = {2041-1723}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, address = {London}, year = {2020}, abstract = {{The island of Sardinia has been of particular interest to geneticists for decades. The current model for Sardinia{\textquoteright}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.}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, volume = {11}, number = {1}, eid = {939}, }