julieboy Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Before the Greeks and the Indoeuropean pople came to Southern Italy,what people were already there? Who were the first people in the part of Italy south of Rome? What would these people have looked like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) Ok, now you are getting more specific... Before the Indo-Europeans, southern Italy was populated by people who have been conveniently deemed as part of the "great Pelasgic race". Simply meaning non-Semitic & pre-Indo-European Mediterranean types. Most likely the genetic marker that represents these people is Y-Chromosome marker M35 (Haplogroup E3b). The genetic mutation that gave rise to that marker occured about 20,000 years ago and they spread out from North Africa & the Levant to populate southeastern Europe and south Italy. They didn't look much different from any other Mediterranean's as far as modern E3b carriers go Edited March 14, 2006 by Pantagathus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieboy Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Ok, now you are getting more specific... Before the Indo-Europeans, southern Italy was populated by people who have been conveniently deemed as part of the "great Pelasgic race". Simply meaning non-Semitic & pre-Indo-European Mediterranean types. Most likely the genetic marker that represents these people is Y-Chromosome marker M35 (Haplogroup E3b). The genetic mutation that gave rise to that marker occured about 20,000 years ago and they spread out from North Africa & the Levant to populate southeastern Europe and south Italy. They didn't look much different from any other Mediterranean's as far as modern E3b carriers go Thank you very much Pantagathus. THat was the precise information that I was actually looking for on the other forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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