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3 articles on sicily — ancient-DNA research written up for readers who want the evidence, not just the headline.
Sicily's ancient-DNA record runs from island foragers through a late steppe arrival, Greek and Phoenician colonists, Roman, Arab and Norman centuries. What each layer actually left in Sicilian genomes, and how to read your own.
DNA from ancient Himera reveals a diverse 480 BCE Greek army, distant mercenaries, local soldiers and mobility across the Mediterranean.
Ancient DNA reveals that Punic communities shared Phoenician culture but drew most sampled ancestry from Sicily, the Aegean and North Africa.