Past religious diversity has profound impact on genetics of Iberian people
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 19:29
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New research suggests that relatively recent events had a substantial impact on patterns of genetic diversity in the southwest region of Europe. The study, published by Cell Press on 4th December in the American Journal of Human Genetics, shows that geographical patterns of ancestry appear to have been influenced by religious conversions of both Jews and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula...