New paper (behind paywall) Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean, by Antonio et al. Science (2019). The paper offers a lot of interesting data concerning the Roman Empire and more recent periods, but I will focus on Italic and Etruscan origins. NOTE. I have updated prehistoric maps with Y-DNA and mtDNA … Continue reading R1b-L23-rich Bell Beaker-derived Italic peoples from the West vs. Etruscans from the East