Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in 
Sicily

Loosdrecht, Marieke Sophia van de; Mannino, Marcello Antonio; Talamo, Sahra; Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa; Posth, Cosimo; Aron, Franziska; Brandt, Guido; Burri, Marta; Freund, Cäcilia; Radzeviciute, Rita; Stahl, Raphaela; Wissgott, Antje; Klausnitzer, Lysann; Nagel, Sarah; Meyer, Matthias; Tagliacozzo, Antonio; Piperno, Marcello; Tusa, Sebastiano; Collina, Carmine; Schimmenti, Vittoria; Salvo, Rosaria Di; Prüfer, Kay; Hublin, Jean-Jaques; Schiffels, Stephan; Jeong, Choongwon; Haak, Wolfgang; Krause, Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104244

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Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

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Loosdrecht, Marieke Sophia van de
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Posth, Cosimo
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Aron, Franziska
PALEoRIDER, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Brandt, Guido
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Burri, Marta
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Freund, Cäcilia
MHAAM, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Radzeviciute, Rita
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Stahl, Raphaela
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Wissgott, Antje
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Prüfer, Kay
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Schiffels, Stephan
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Jeong, Choongwon
Eurasia3angle, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Haak, Wolfgang
PALEoRIDER, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Krause, Johannes
MHAAM, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Loosdrecht, M. S. v. d., Mannino, M. A., Talamo, S., Villalba-Mouco, V., Posth, C., Aron, F., et al. (2022). Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily. iScience, 25(5): 104244. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104244.

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Abstract

Southern Italy is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean due to its central position. We present a genomic transect for 19 prehistoric Sicilians that covers the Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic period. We find that the Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (HGs) are a highly drifted sister lineage to Early Holocene western European HGs, whereas a quarter of the Late Mesolithic HGs ancestry is related to HGs from eastern Europe and the Near East. This indicates substantial gene flow from (south-)eastern Europe between the Early and Late Mesolithic. The Early Neolithic farmers are genetically most similar to those from the Balkan and Greece, and carry only a maximum of ~7% ancestry from Sicilian Mesolithic HGs. Ancestry changes match changes in dietary profile and material culture, except for two individuals who may provide tentative initial evidence that HGs adopted elements of farming in Sicily.