Ancient DNA research shines spotlight on Iberia
Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The largest study to date of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Portugal and Spain) offers new insights into the populations that lived in this region over the last 8,000 years. The most startling discovery suggests that local Y chromosomes were almost completely replaced during the Bronze Age.