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Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics.

ABSTRACT: Despite centuries of research, much about the barbarian migrations that took place between the fourth and sixth centuries in Europe remains hotly debated. To better understand this key era that marks the dawn of modern European societies, we obtained ancient genomic DNA from 63 samples from two cemeteries (from Hungary and Northern Italy) that have been previously associated with the Longobards, a barbarian people that ruled large parts of Italy for over 200 years after invading from Pannonia in 568 CE. Our dense cemetery-based sampling revealed that each cemetery was primarily organized around one large pedigree, suggesting that biological relationships played an important role in these early medieval societies. Moreover, we identified genetic structure in each cemetery involving at least two groups with different ancestry that were very distinct in terms of their funerary customs. Finally, our data are consistent with the proposed long-distance migration from Pannonia to Northern Italy.

SUBMITTER: Amorim CEG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6134036 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics.

Amorim Carlos Eduardo G CEG Vai Stefania S Posth Cosimo C Modi Alessandra A Koncz István I Hakenbeck Susanne S La Rocca Maria Cristina MC Mende Balazs B Bobo Dean D Pohl Walter W Baricco Luisella Pejrani LP Bedini Elena E Francalacci Paolo P Giostra Caterina C Vida Tivadar T Winger Daniel D von Freeden Uta U Ghirotto Silvia S Lari Martina M Barbujani Guido G Krause Johannes J Caramelli David D Geary Patrick J PJ Veeramah Krishna R KR

Nature communications 20180911 1

Despite centuries of research, much about the barbarian migrations that took place between the fourth and sixth centuries in Europe remains hotly debated. To better understand this key era that marks the dawn of modern European societies, we obtained ancient genomic DNA from 63 samples from two cemeteries (from Hungary and Northern Italy) that have been previously associated with the Longobards, a barbarian people that ruled large parts of Italy for over 200 years after invading from Pannonia in ...[more]

PMID: 30206220

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Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics.

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