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ArticleScientific reports2021

Biomolecular insights into North African-related ancestry, mobility and diet in eleventh-century Al-Andalus.

Marina Silva, Gonzalo Oteo-García, Rui Martiniano, João Guimarães, Matthew von Tersch, Ali Madour, Tarek Shoeib, Alessandro Fichera, Pierre Justeau, M George B Foody and 23 more

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33 authors.

Marina Silva *Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK. marina.silva@crick.ac.uk.
Gonzalo Oteo-García *Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK. gonzalo.oteo-garcia@hud.ac.uk.
Rui MartinianoDepartment of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK.
João GuimarãesDepartment of Biology, CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Matthew von TerschBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.
Ali MadourDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Tarek ShoeibDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Alessandro FicheraDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Pierre JusteauDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
M George B FoodyDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Krista McGrathBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.
Amparo BarrachinaServei d'Investigacions Arqueològiques i Prehistòriques - Museu Belles Arts de Castelló, Av. Germans Bou, 28, 12003, Castellón, Spain.
Vicente PalomarMuseo Municipal de Arqueología y Etnología de Segorbe, Calle Colón, 98, 12400, Segorbe, Castellón, Spain.
Katharina DuliasDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Bobby YauDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Francesca GandiniDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Douglas J ClarkeDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Alexandra RosaFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Madeira, Campus of Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal.
António BrehmHuman Genetics Laboratory, University of Madeira, Campus of Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal.
Antònia FlaquerInstitute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology - IBE, LMU University, Munich, Germany.
Teresa RitoDepartment of Biology, CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Anna OlivieriDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani, Università di Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Alessandro AchilliDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani, Università di Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Antonio TorroniDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani, Università di Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Alberto Gómez-CarballaGrupo de Investigacion en Genetica, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatria (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Antonio SalasGrupo de Investigacion en Genetica, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatria (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Jaroslaw BrykDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Peter W DitchfieldSchool of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK.
Michelle AlexanderBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.
Maria PalaDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Pedro A SoaresDepartment of Biology, CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Ceiridwen J EdwardsDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Martin B RichardsDepartment of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK. m.b.richards@hud.ac.uk.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Historical records document medieval immigration from North Africa to Iberia to create Islamic al-Andalus. Here, we present a low-coverage genome of an eleventh century CE man buried in an Islamic necropolis in Segorbe, near Valencia, Spain. Uniparental lineages indicate North African ancestry, but at the autosomal level he displays a mosaic of North African and European-like ancestries, distinct from any present-day population. Altogether, the genome-wide evidence, stable isotope results and the age of the burial indicate that his ancestry was ultimately a result of admixture between recently arrived Amazigh people (Berbers) and the population inhabiting the Peninsula prior to the Islamic conquest. We detect differences between our sample and a previously published group of contemporary individuals from Valencia, exemplifying how detailed, small-scale aDNA studies can illuminate fine-grained regional and temporal differences. His genome demonstrates how ancient DNA studies can capture portraits of past genetic variation that have been erased by later demographic shifts-in this case, most likely the seventeenth century CE expulsion of formerly Islamic communities as tolerance dissipated following the Reconquista by the Catholic kingdoms of the north.

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DietGenetics, PopulationHuman MigrationAfrica, NorthernAnthropologyArchaeologyGenetic BackgroundGenome, HumanHistory, MedievalHumansPhylogenyPhylogeographySpain

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PMID34518562
PMCPMC8438022

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