Contacts et échanges entre la péninsule Ibérique et le Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique durant les temps préhistoriques et protohistoriques

Souville, Georges

doi:10.3406/crai.1998.15845

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“…Our data are in agreement with recent aDNA data from Morocco [73] and further evidence of a complex pattern of Mediterranean migrations in North Africa. Archaeological records in the Maghreb support this result, and also suggest further European intrusions during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age eras [83,84]. Additionally, Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans arrived in the North African region in historical times [85-88].…”

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Mitogenomes illuminate the origin and migration patterns of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands

Fregel

Ordóñez

Cabrera

et al. 2018

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The Canary Islands’ indigenous people have been the subject of substantial archaeological, anthropological, linguistic and genetic research pointing to a most probable North African Berber source. However, neither agreement about the exact point of origin nor a model for the indigenous colonization of the islands has been established. To shed light on these questions, we analyzed 48 ancient mitogenomes from 25 archaeological sites from the seven main islands. Most lineages observed in the ancient samples have a Mediterranean distribution, and belong to lineages associated with the Neolithic expansion in the Near East and Europe (T2c, J2a, X3a…). This phylogeographic analysis of Canarian indigenous mitogenomes, the first of its kind, shows that some lineages are restricted to Central North Africa (H1cf, J2a2d and T2c1d3), while others have a wider distribution, including both West and Central North Africa, and, in some cases, Europe and the Near East (U6a1a1, U6a7a1, U6b, X3a, U6c1). In addition, we identify four new Canarian-specific lineages (H1e1a9, H4a1e, J2a2d1a and L3b1a12) whose coalescence dates correlate with the estimated time for the colonization of the islands (1st millennia CE). Additionally, we observe an asymmetrical distribution of mtDNA haplogroups in the ancient population, with certain haplogroups appearing more frequently in the islands closer to the continent. This reinforces results based on modern mtDNA and Y-chromosome data, and archaeological evidence suggesting the existence of two distinct migrations. Comparisons between insular populations show that some populations had high genetic diversity, while others were probably affected by genetic drift and/or bottlenecks. In spite of observing interinsular differences in the survival of indigenous lineages, modern populations, with the sole exception of La Gomera, are homogenous across the islands, supporting the theory of extensive human mobility after the European conquest.

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Mitogenomes illuminate the origin and migration patterns of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands

Fregel

Ordóñez

Cabrera

et al. 2018

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“…Our genetic and ecological niche modeling data are consistent with fossil data (Palomo et al 2009) and favor an anthropogenic translocation from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula via Neolithic navigators. During the Neolithic and after, numerous contacts between the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea occurred (seafaring evidence attested at ca 7000-9000 ya), due to the development of navigation (Mulazzani et al 2010;Souville 1998;Zilhão 2014). Moreover, our genetic data show that the ancestral population size (before expansion) comprised a high number of individuals, reinforcing the idea that the Algerian mouse did not colonize the Iberian Peninsula through rafting of a few individuals, but via recurrent temporal anthropogenic translocations.…”

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“…It thus constitutes a region of interest for investigating how the arrival of early representatives of Homo sapiens and their recent impact on the environment influenced faunal genetic diversity and distribution. During the Neolithic and after, numerous contacts between the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea occurred, due to the development of navigation (Mulazzani et al 2010;Souville 1998;Zilhão 2014). This led to the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR35 Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, Caytanet-Tolosan, France Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0089-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.…”

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Out of Africa: demographic and colonization history of the Algerian mouse (Mus spretus Lataste)

Lalis¹,

Mona²,

Stoetzel³

et al. 2018

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North Africa is now recognized as a major area for the emergence and dispersal of anatomically modern humans from at least 315 kya. The Mediterranean Basin is thus particularly suited to study the role of climate versus human-mediated changes on the evolutionary history of species. The Algerian mouse (Mus spretus Lataste) is an endemic species from this basin, with its distribution restricted to North Africa (from Libya to Morocco), Iberian Peninsula and South of France. A rich paleontological record of M. spretus exists in North Africa, suggesting hypotheses concerning colonization pathways, and the demographic and morphologic history of this species. Here we combined genetic (3 mitochondrial DNA loci and 18 microsatellites) and climatic niche modeling data to infer the evolutionary history of the Algerian mouse. We collected 646 new individuals in 51 localities. Our results are consistent with an anthropogenic translocation of the Algerian mouse from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula via Neolithic navigators, probably from the Tingitane Peninsula. Once arrived in Spain, suitable climatic conditions would then have favored the dispersion of the Algerian mice to France. The morphological differentiation observed between Spanish, French and North African populations could be explained by a founder effect and possibly local adaptation. This article helps to better understand the role of climate versus human-mediated changes on the evolutionary history of mammal species in the Mediterranean Basin.

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“…However, more recent studies, taking into account the new Aterian chronology, do not support this result (Garcea ; Derricourt ). During the Mesolithic (9000 ya), Neolithic and after, numerous contacts between the two shores of the Mediterranean sea occurred, due to the development of navigation (Souville ; Mulazzani et al. ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, more recent studies, taking into account the new Aterian chronology, do not support this result (Garcea 2004;Derricourt 2005). During the Mesolithic (9000 ya), Neolithic and after, numerous contacts between the two shores of the Mediterranean sea occurred, due to the development of navigation (Souville 1998;Mulazzani et al 2010). Human genetic data also indicate that crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar occurred for humans about 9000 ya (Semino et al 2004;Achilli et al 2005).…”

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New molecular data favour an anthropogenic introduction of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa

Lalis

Leblois

Liefried

et al. 2015

J Zoolog Syst Evol Res

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According to fossil data, the wood mouse arrived in North Africa 7500 ya, while it was present in Europe since Early Pleistocene. Previous molecular studies suggested that its introduction in North Africa probably occurred via the Strait of Gibraltar more than 0.4 Mya ago. In this study, we widely sampled wood mice to get a better understanding of the geographic and demographic history of this species in North Africa and possibly to help resolving the discrepancy between genetic and palaeontological data. Specifically, we wanted to answer the following questions: (1) When and how did the wood mouse arrive in North Africa? and (2) What is its demographic and geographic history in North Africa since its colonization? We collected in the field 438 new individuals and used both mtDNA and six microsatellite markers to answer these questions. Our results confirm that North African wood mice have a south‐western European origin and colonized the Maghreb through the Strait of Gibraltar probably during the Mesolithic or slightly after. They first colonized the Tingitana Peninsula and then expanded throughout North Africa. Our genetic data suggest that the ancestral population size comprised numerous individuals reinforcing the idea that wood mice did not colonize Morocco accidentally through rafting of a few individuals, but via recurrent/multiple anthropogenic translocations. No spatial structuring of the genetic variability was recorded in North Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia.

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Contacts et échanges entre la péninsule Ibérique et le Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique durant les temps préhistoriques et protohistoriques

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Mitogenomes illuminate the origin and migration patterns of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands

Mitogenomes illuminate the origin and migration patterns of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands

Out of Africa: demographic and colonization history of the Algerian mouse (Mus spretus Lataste)

New molecular data favour an anthropogenic introduction of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa

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