PALERMO, Sicily (CN) — Sicily, the Mediterranean’s largest island, was an early “melting pot” where people from distant ancestries and religions lived and worked side by side, scientists who’ve studied the DNA of its medieval inhabitants say.
By analyzing DNA extracted from 111 people buried in Muslim and Christian cemeteries at various locations across Sicily between the fifth and 15th centuries, the scientists pieced together a picture of Sicily as a human mosaic.
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