Ancient DNA in the Cantabrian fringe populations: A mtDNA study from Prehistory to Late Antiquity

摘要

The present mtDNA study on human remains of fourteen archaeological sites from Cantabria, Basque Country and Navarra provided a diachronic overview from Paleolithic-Mesolithic to Late Antiquity period of some communities settled in the Cantabrian fringe. Ancient DNA studies in European human remains indicated a genetic discontinuity between the hunter-gatherers and later populations. However, some of the mtDNA lineages found in the Cantabrian fringe in Paleolithic-Mesolithic times persist in present-day populations.