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The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years.
Roca-Rada, Xavier; Davidson, Roberta; Williams, Matthew P.; Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa; Carvalho, António Manuel Faustino de; Ravishankar, ShyamsundarRecent ancient DNA studies uncovering large-scale demographic events in Iberia have presented very limited data for Portugal, a country located at the westernmost edge of continental Eurasia. Here, we present the most comprehensive collection of Portuguese ancient genome-wide data, from 67 individuals spanning 5000 years of human history, from the Neolithic to the nineteenth century. We identify early admixture...
The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years
Roca-Rada, Xavier; Davidson, Roberta; Williams, Matthew P; Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa; Carvalho, António Faustino; Ravishankar, Shyamsundar; Collen, EvelynBackground: Recent ancient DNA studies uncovering large-scale demographic events in Iberia have presented very limited data for Portugal, a country located at the westernmost edge of continental Eurasia. Here, we present the most comprehensive collection of Portuguese ancient genome-wide data, from 67 individuals spanning 5000 years of human history, from the Neolithic to the nineteenth century. Results: We ide...
Shrouded in History: Unveiling the lives of the first Muslim population in Sant...
MacRoberts, Rebecca Anne; Liberato, Marco; Roca-Rada, Xavier; Valente, Maria João; Relvado, Cláudia; Matos Fernandes, Teresa; Barrocas Dias, CristinaIn around 716 AD, the city of Santarém, Portugal, was conquered by the Berber and Arab armies that swept the Iberian Peninsula and went on to rule the region until the 12th century. Archaeological excavations in 2007/08 discovered an Islamic necropolis (Avenida 5 de Outubro #2–8) that appears to contain the remains of an early Muslim population in Santarém (8th– 10th century). In this study, skeletal material f...