Anna Tommasi

Sicily: from fifteen millennia ago to present | Giacomo Villani The history of the Italian island is unveiled by researchers as a mosaic shaped by prehistorical and historical contacts in the Mediterranean Sea

Four months ago, I published my first #ancientDNA paper about #Sicily. I really want everyone to understand what we discovered, so I also made this divulgative article to explain our main findings: g-villani.github.io/giacomovilla...
Feel free to check! 😊

Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul Genome data provide support for the first settlement of Australia and New Guinea via at least two routes by 60,000 years ago.

Humans took two routes to reach the ancient landmass Sahul about 60,000 years ago.

Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3XOFMwn

A shorthair domestic cat gazes upward.

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S

A huge thank you to @nicramb.bsky.social, @valerianicolini.bsky.social and all the other co-authors!

This is my first first-author paper and it has been a real pleasure to work together on this project!

Fifteen millennia of human mitogenome evolution in Sicily Mitogenomes spanning 15 millennia reveal a genetic discontinuity within Sicily and continuous gene flow from Eurasia and Africa.

I'm thrilled to announce, together with @RajivBoscoloAgostini and @jack-the-villain.bsky.social, that our paper entitled "Fifteen millennia of human mitogenome evolution in Sicily" is out now in Science Advances!

Check it out!
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