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    Medieval DNA from Soqotra points to Eurasian origins of an isolated population at the crossroads of Africa and Arabia

    Soqotra, an island situated at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden in the northwest Indian Ocean between Africa and Arabia, is home to ~60,000 people subsisting through fishing and semi-nomadic pastoralism who speak a Modern South Arabian language. Most of what is known about Soqotri history derives...
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    Archaeological genetics: a preliminary overview of the Iron Age Italian population

    Recent studies suggest that Italian population shows a higher degree of internal genomic variability than other European populations. This scenario is the result of complex demographic dynamics, dating back mainly from Late Palaeolithic and Neolithic, but also dating to Metal Ages. In fact...
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    Silver necklace beads from chalcolithic necropoleis near Rome came from Sardinia

    . "We want to take into consideration the silver and antimony ornaments referable to the Italian Eneolithic, these materials are not widespread, but they can be useful to reconstruct possible routes of exchange and contact between the Italian Eneolithic cultures. of metal ornaments: in northern...
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    The Nuragic statues of Mont'e Prama, a new page of art history

    In the 70s, Human sized antropomorphic statues were found in the site of Mont'e prama, Western Sardinia, the statues represent warriors, archers, boxers and other characters, namely two twins wearing a conical cap and an enormous shield, the statues vary in height, they are mostly between 2 and...
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