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According to archaeological records and historical documentation, Italy has been a melting pot for populations of different geographical and ethnic matrices. Although Italy has been a favorite subject for numerous population genetic studies, genetic patterns have never been analyzed comprehensively, including uniparental and autosomal markers throughout the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PLOS ONE )〕 Not all of these various peoples were linguistically or ethnically closely related. Some of them spoke Italic languages, and others belonged to another Indo-European branch (Ligurian, Venetic, Lepontic) or were non-Indo-European (Etruscan, Raetic). In 2008, Dutch geneticists determined that Italy is one of the last two remaining genetic islands in Europe (the other being Finland.) This is due in part to the presence of the Alpine mountain chain which, over the centuries, has prevented large migration flows aimed at colonizing the Italian lands. ==Historical population of Italy == *Modern man appeared during the Upper Paleolithic. Specimens of Aurignacian age were discovered in the cave of Fumane and dated back about 34,000 years ago. During the Magdalenian period the first men from the Pyrenees populated Sardinia.〔Siiri Rootsi: (Y-Chromosome haplogroup I prehistoric gene flow in Europe ), UDK 902(4)"631/634":577.2, Documenta Prehistorica XXXIII (2006)〕 *During the Neolithic farming is introduced by people from the east and the first villages are built, weapons become more sophisticated and the first objects in clay are produced. *In the late Neolithic era the use of copper spreads and villages are built over piles near lakes. In Sardinia, Sicily and part of "Continental Italy" the Beaker culture spreads from Western Europe. *During the Late Bronze Age the Urnfield or Villanovan culture appears in Italy, characterized by the typical rite of cremation of the bodies originating from Central Europe, the use of iron spreads.〔() Culture del bronzo recente in Italia settentrionale e loro rapporti con la "cultura dei campi di urne"〕 In Sardinia the Nuragic civilization flourishes. *From the 8th century BC Greek colonists settle on the southern coast and in Sicily and found cities, initiating what was later called Magna Graecia. The Etruscan civilization developed on the coast of Tuscany and Latium. In the 5th century Celtic tribes from continental Europe settled in Northern Italy and parts of Central Italy. *With the fall of the Western Roman Empire, different populations of German origin invaded Italy, the most significant was that of the Lombards, who will try to unify politically the "Boot of Italy". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Genetic history of Italy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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