Earliest evidence of Italians' extraordinary genetic diversity dates back to 19,000 years ago
Friday, May 22, 2020 - 01:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In Europe, Italians have the highest genetic diversity. The gradient of their genetic variability, scattered all over the peninsula, encloses on a small scale the whole genetic variance between southern and continental Europeans. This amazing diversity started to accumulate soon after the Late Glacial Maximum, which ended approximately 19,000 years ago.