Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in 
Sicily

Yu, He; Loosdrecht, Marieke S. van de; Mannino, Marcello A.; Talamo, Sahra; Rohrlach, Adam Ben; Childebayeva, Ainash; Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa; Aron, Franziska; Brandt, Guido; Burri, Marta; Freund, Cäcilia; Radzeviciute, Rita; Stahl, Raphaela; Wissgott, Antje; Fewlass, Helen; Tagliacozzo, Antonio; Piperno, Marcello; Tusa, Sebastiano; Collina, Carmine; Schimmenti, Vittoria; Di Salvo, Rosaria; Prüfer, Kay; Posth, Cosimo; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Gronenborn, Detlef; Binder, Didier; Jeong, Choongwon; Haak, Wolfgang; Krause, Johannes

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Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily

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Yu, He
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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

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Rohrlach, Adam Ben
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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Childebayeva, Ainash
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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Aron, Franziska
Archaeogenetics, 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
Archaeogenetics, 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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Posth, Cosimo
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society;

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

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

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

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Yu, H., Loosdrecht, M. S. v. d., Mannino, M. A., Talamo, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., et al. (2022). Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily. iScience, 5(25): 104244, pp. 1-28. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104244.

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Sicily is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean, due to its central position. Here, we present genomic and stable isotopic data for 19 prehistoric Sicilians covering the Mesolithic to Bronze Age periods (10,700-4,100 yBP). We find that Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (HGs) from Sicily are a highly drifted lineage of the Early Holocene western European HGs, while Late Mesolithic HGs carry ∼20% ancestry related to northern and (south)eastern European HGs, indicating substantial gene flow. Early Neolithic farmers are genetically most similar to farmers from the Balkans and Greece, with only ∼7% ancestry from local Mesolithic HGs. The genetic discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic match changes in material culture and diet. Three outlying individuals dated to ∼8,000 yBP, however, suggest that hunter-gatherers interacted with incoming farmers at Grotta dell’Uzzo, resulting in a mixed economy and diet for a brief interlude at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition.