Ancient genomes link early farmers to Basques
Monday, September 7, 2015 - 14:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University reports a surprising discovery from the genomes of eight Iberian Stone-Age farmer remains. The analyses revealed that early Iberian farmers are the closest ancestors to modern-day Basques, in contrast previous hypotheses that linked Basques to earlier pre-farming groups.