Evolution: On the origin of Basques

Neskuts Izagirre; Santos Alonso

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.075

Evolution: On the origin of Basques

Curr Biol. 2021 May 24;31(10):R489-R490. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.075.

Authors

Neskuts Izagirre¹, Santos Alonso²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain.
² Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain; Maria Goyri Building, Animal Biotechnology Center, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. Electronic address: santos.alonso@ehu.eus.

PMID: 34033774
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.075

Abstract

As the only speakers of a non-Indo-European language lacking connections to any other language, the origin and evolution of the Basque population have been topics of interest. A new genomic analysis of Basques shows that they are not a relict Paleolithic population as once thought.

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MeSH terms

Genetics, Population*
Language*
Spain