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Spanish Ancestry: What is the Genetic History of Spain?
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:05 Formation of Spain and Name
1:41 Ancient Genetics of Spain
2:39 Iron Age, Romans, Visigoths
3:55 North African Influence
6:18 The Genetic Clusters of Spain
8:10 Other Genetic Influences
8:54 Spanish Haplogroups
What is the genetic history of Spain and what haplogroups are common amongst Spanish people today? But firstly, let’s quickly look at when Spain become a country and where it gets its name from?
Now Spain formed into an unitary state in the late 15th century and evolved over the centuries, including going on to have a strong imperial phase for hundreds of years of course. Two early events were critical in the formation of Spain. Firstly, the dynastic union of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in 1479 under the Catholic Monarchs is often considered the de facto unification of Spain as a nation-state.
Out of interest, do you have Spanish ancestry?
Sources:
Bycroft, C., Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., Ruiz-Ponte, C. et al. Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula. Nat Commun 10, 551 (2019). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w
Spain: cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/spain/summaries
Gayán, J., Galan, J.J., González-Pérez, A. et al. Genetic Structure of the Spanish Population. BMC Genomics 11, 326 (2010). doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-326
Genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia
Iñigo Olalde et al. The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.Science363,1230-1234(2019).DOI:10.1126/science.aav4040
Spaniards - Wikipedia
Adams, S. et al. AJHG The Genetic Legacy of Religious Diversity and Intolerance: Paternal Lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula The Genetic Legacy of Religious Diversity and Intolerance: Paternal Lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula: The American Journal of Human Genetics (cell.com)
Haplogroup E1b1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
Capelli C, Onofri V, Brisighelli F, Boschi I, Scarnicci F, Masullo M, Ferri G, Tofanelli S, Tagliabracci A, Gusmao L, Amorim A, Gatto F, Kirin M, Merlitti D, Brion M, Verea AB, Romano V, Cali F, Pascali V. Moors and Saracens in Europe: estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe. Eur J Hum Genet. 2009 Jun;17(6):848-52. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.258. Epub 2009 Jan 21. PMID: 19156170; PMCID: PMC2947089.
Haplogroup E-Z827 - Wikipedia
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
Solé-Morata, N., Villaescusa, P., García-Fernández, C. et al. Analysis of the R1b-DF27 haplogroup shows that a large fraction of Iberian Y-chromosome lineages originated recently in situ. Sci Rep 7, 7341 (2017). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07710-x
Haplogroup R-DF27 - Wikipedia
Haplogroup H (mtDNA) - Wikipedia
Haplogroup H (mtDNA) - Eupedia
Spain - Wikipedia
Spain | History, Map, Flag, Population, Currency, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
Reconquista - Wikipedia
European Hunter-Gatherers Had Dark Skin, Blue Eyes | Sci.News
Celtiberians - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtiberians
Hispania - Wikipedia
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Spanish Ancestry: What is the Genetic History of Spain?
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:05 Formation of Spain and Name
1:41 Ancient Genetics of Spain
2:39 Iron Age, Romans, Visigoths
3:55 North African Influence
6:18 The Genetic Clusters of Spain
8:10 Other Genetic Influences
8:54 Spanish Haplogroups
What is the genetic history of Spain and what haplogroups are common amongst Spanish people today? But firstly, let’s quickly look at when Spain become a country and where it gets its name from?
Now Spain formed into an unitary state in the late 15th century and evolved over the centuries, including going on to have a strong imperial phase for hundreds of years of course. Two early events were critical in the formation of Spain. Firstly, the dynastic union of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in 1479 under the Catholic Monarchs is often considered the de facto unification of Spain as a nation-state.
Out of interest, do you have Spanish ancestry?
Sources:
Bycroft, C., Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., Ruiz-Ponte, C. et al. Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula. Nat Commun 10, 551 (2019). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w
Spain: cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/spain/summaries
Gayán, J., Galan, J.J., González-Pérez, A. et al. Genetic Structure of the Spanish Population. BMC Genomics 11, 326 (2010). doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-326
Genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia
Iñigo Olalde et al. The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.Science363,1230-1234(2019).DOI:10.1126/science.aav4040
Spaniards - Wikipedia
Adams, S. et al. AJHG The Genetic Legacy of Religious Diversity and Intolerance: Paternal Lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula The Genetic Legacy of Religious Diversity and Intolerance: Paternal Lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula: The American Journal of Human Genetics (cell.com)
Haplogroup E1b1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
Capelli C, Onofri V, Brisighelli F, Boschi I, Scarnicci F, Masullo M, Ferri G, Tofanelli S, Tagliabracci A, Gusmao L, Amorim A, Gatto F, Kirin M, Merlitti D, Brion M, Verea AB, Romano V, Cali F, Pascali V. Moors and Saracens in Europe: estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe. Eur J Hum Genet. 2009 Jun;17(6):848-52. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.258. Epub 2009 Jan 21. PMID: 19156170; PMCID: PMC2947089.
Haplogroup E-Z827 - Wikipedia
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
Solé-Morata, N., Villaescusa, P., García-Fernández, C. et al. Analysis of the R1b-DF27 haplogroup shows that a large fraction of Iberian Y-chromosome lineages originated recently in situ. Sci Rep 7, 7341 (2017). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07710-x
Haplogroup R-DF27 - Wikipedia
Haplogroup H (mtDNA) - Wikipedia
Haplogroup H (mtDNA) - Eupedia
Spain - Wikipedia
Spain | History, Map, Flag, Population, Currency, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
Reconquista - Wikipedia
European Hunter-Gatherers Had Dark Skin, Blue Eyes | Sci.News
Celtiberians - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtiberians
Hispania - Wikipedia
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![Bell Beaker DNA: What Was the Genetic Makeup of the Culture that Changed Western Europe?
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Bell Beaker DNA: What Was the Genetic Makeup of the Culture that Changed Western Europe?
Chapters:
0:00 The Bell Beaker Culture
1:53 Are you related to them? Genetic Legacy
4:09 Genetic Makeup
8:09 Appearance
What was the genetic makeup of the Bell Beaker people, a culture that had a profound impact on the genetics of Britain, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula? Now before this, let’s get a quick overview of the Bell Beaker complex for those that are not too familiar with it? I have made other videos on them but as a general overview, the Bell Beaker Culture refers to an archaeological culture that existed for around one thousand years, from around 2800-1800 BC. It gets its name from the shape of their pottery, drinking vessels in the shape of inverted-bells.
The people who were part of the Beaker culture can be identified as they were buried with distinctive artefacts such as their pottery. This pottery first appeared on the Iberian peninsula, but within less than 100 years, this ancient culture had spread across much of Western and Central Europe and into Britain and Ireland, including reaching parts of Europe such as Sardinia and Sicily, in addition to parts of northern Africa.
Now why should we care about what the genetic makeup of the Bell Beakers was?
Sources:
National History Museum, The Beaker people: a new population for ancient Britain https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/february/the-beaker-people-a-new-population-for-ancient-britain.html
Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. et al. The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature 555, 190–196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25738
Britannica, Beaker folk Beaker folk | Bronze Age, Megalithic, Britain & Ireland | Britannica
Bell Beaker culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Beaker_culture
Barry Cunliffe (2018) The Ancient Celts (Oxford University Press)
Corded Ware culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture
Funnelbeaker culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnelbeaker_culture ]
Cassidy, L. (2015) Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome PNAS 113 (2) 368-373 Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome | PNAS
Zedda, N., Meheux, K., Blöcher, J. et al. Biological and substitute parents in Beaker period adult–child graves. Sci Rep 13, 18765 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45612-3
The Past - Andrew Fitzpatrick, Jacqueline McKinley, Alistair Barclay, Ian Armit, Iñigo Olalde, and David Reich Family ties: deciphering the DNA of the Amesbury Archer and the Companion – The Past (the-past.com)
Current Archaeology - Prehistoric pop culture: Deciphering the DNA of the Bell Beaker Complex Prehistoric pop culture: Deciphering the DNA of the Bell Beaker Complex - Current Archaeology
Mathieson, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Posth, C. et al. The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature 555, 197–203 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778
Únětice culture Únětice culture - Wikipedia
Funnelbeaker culture - Wikipedia
Iñigo Olalde et al. The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.Science363,1230-1234(2019).DOI:10.1126/science.aav4040
Amesbury Archer - Wikipedia
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