Hunter-gatherers took shelter from the ice age in Southwestern Europe, but were replaced on the Italian Peninsula according to two new studies, published in Nature and Nature Ecology & Evolution today.
Modern humans first began to spread across Eurasia approximately 45,000 years ago, arriving from the near east.claimed these people disappeared when massive ice sheets covered much of Europe around 25,000–19,000 years ago. By comparing the DNA of various ancient humans, we show this was not the case for all hunter-gatherer groups.
By combining results from these two studies, we can now describe the most complete story of human history in Europe to date. This story includes migration events, human retreat from the effects of the ice age, long-lasting genetic lineages, and lost populations. Our data show that populations from Southwestern Europe , and Central and Southern Europe , were not closely genetically related. These two distinct groups were instead linked by similar weapons and art.
"…genetically distinct from the area's previous inhabitants. Presumably, these people came from the Balkans, arrived first in northern Italy around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum, and spread all the way south to Sicily."
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