The Italian peninsula was host to a strong history of migration processes that shaped its genomic variability since prehistoric times. During the Metal Age, Sicily and Southern Italy were the protagonists of intense trade networks and settlements along the Mediterranean. Nonetheless, ancient DNA studies in Southern Italy are, at present, still limited to prehistoric and Roman Apulia. Here, we present the first mitogenomes from a Middle Bronze Age cave burial in Calabria to address this knowledge gap. We adopted a hybridization capture approach, which enabled the recovery of one complete and one partial mitochondrial genome. Phylogenetic analysis assigned these two individuals to the H1e and H5 subhaplogroups, respectively. This preliminary phylogenetic analysis supports affinities with coeval Sicilian populations, along with Linearbandkeramik and Bell Beaker cultures maternal lineages from Central Europe and Iberia. Our work represents a starting point which contributes to the comprehension of migrations and population dynamics in Southern Italy, and highlights this knowledge gap yet to be filled by genomic studies.

First bronze age human mitogenomes from calabria (Grotta della monaca, southern italy) / Fontani F.; Cilli E.; Arena F.; Sarno S.; Modi A.; De Fanti S.; Andrews A.J.; Latorre A.; Abondio P.; Larocca F.; Lari M.; Caramelli D.; Gualdi-Russo E.; Luiselli D.. - In: GENES. - ISSN 2073-4425. - ELETTRONICO. - 12:(2021), pp. 636-650. [10.3390/genes12050636]

First bronze age human mitogenomes from calabria (Grotta della monaca, southern italy)

Modi A.;Lari M.;Caramelli D.;
2021

Abstract

The Italian peninsula was host to a strong history of migration processes that shaped its genomic variability since prehistoric times. During the Metal Age, Sicily and Southern Italy were the protagonists of intense trade networks and settlements along the Mediterranean. Nonetheless, ancient DNA studies in Southern Italy are, at present, still limited to prehistoric and Roman Apulia. Here, we present the first mitogenomes from a Middle Bronze Age cave burial in Calabria to address this knowledge gap. We adopted a hybridization capture approach, which enabled the recovery of one complete and one partial mitochondrial genome. Phylogenetic analysis assigned these two individuals to the H1e and H5 subhaplogroups, respectively. This preliminary phylogenetic analysis supports affinities with coeval Sicilian populations, along with Linearbandkeramik and Bell Beaker cultures maternal lineages from Central Europe and Iberia. Our work represents a starting point which contributes to the comprehension of migrations and population dynamics in Southern Italy, and highlights this knowledge gap yet to be filled by genomic studies.
2021
12
636
650
Fontani F.; Cilli E.; Arena F.; Sarno S.; Modi A.; De Fanti S.; Andrews A.J.; Latorre A.; Abondio P.; Larocca F.; Lari M.; Caramelli D.; Gualdi-Russo E.; Luiselli D.
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