Sardinian people: Difference between revisions

Sardinia was first settled in a stable manner during the [[Upper Paleolithic]] and the [[Mesolithic]] by people from [[Continental Europe]]. During the [[Neolithic]] period and the Early Eneolithic, [[Early European Farmers|early European farmers]] of the Neolithic [[Cardium pottery]] culture from Italy, Spain and the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] area settled in Sardinia.<ref name=Marcus> {{cite journal |last1=Marcus |first1=Joseph H. |last2=Posth |first2=Cosimo |display-authors=1 |date=February 24, 2020 |title=Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia |url= |journal=[[Nature Communications]] |publisher=[[Nature Research]] |volume=11 |issue=939 |page=939 |doi=10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6 |pmc=7039977 |pmid=32094358 |bibcode=2020NatCo..11..939M |ref={{harvid|Marcus et al.|2020}}}}</ref> According to modern [[archaeogenetic]] investigations, the Neolithic Sardinians showed a greater affinity with the Cardial populations of [[Iberia]] and [[Southern France]],<ref name=Marcus></ref> furthermore [[Human mtDNA|mitochondrial haplogroup]]s of the ancient Mesolithic inhabitants would survive in today's Sardinians.<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.uniss.it/uniss-comunica/unisspress/il-dna-dei-sardi-svela-lorigine-genetica-di-un-popolo-antichissimo|titolo=IL DNA DEI SARDI SVELA L’ORIGINE GENETICA DI UN POPOLO ANTICHISSIMO|language = Italian|access-date|24 August 2023}}</ref>

 

[[File:I popoli della Sardegna Romana.png|150px|thumbnail|left|Composition of the Nuragic tribes described by the Romans.<ref>{{cite book|author=Attilio Mastino|year=2005|title=Storia della Sardegna antica|publisher=Edizioni Il Maestrale|page=307|isbn=88-86109-98-9}}</ref>]]