Scientists Were Shocked By The DNA Of The Ancient Sardinians

Scientists Were Shocked By The DNA Of The Ancient Sardinians


“For decades, the prevailing narrative in European prehistory was clear: the spread of farming populations from Anatolia, followed by a dramatic demographic upheaval during the Bronze Age, as Steppe herders reshaped the genetic landscape of the continent. Yet, ancient DNA from Sardinia is rewriting that story.

Here is an island—geographically isolated, with a sparse population—that, astonishingly, preserved deep Neolithic ancestry for millennia, resisting the continental waves of migration that transformed Europe. How is it possible that while entire regions were genetically overwritten, Sardinia remained a living archive of Europe’s earliest farmers?

In this investigation, we’ll explore the numbers, the methods, and the evolutionary puzzles behind one of the most unexpected genetic legacies ever uncovered—through ancient DNA extraction, radiocarbon dating, haplogroup reconstruction, and population modeling using PCA and f-statistics.”

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