Scientists solve the mystery of the Etruscans' origins

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[buwaya]

Well, that they were related to some peoples that may have existed in Anatolia and Greece, the “Pelasgians” who populated that region before the arrival of the Indo-European speaking ancestors of the Greeks. Its possible, IMHO, that these pre-Aryan native cultures of the northern Med extended to Northern Italy.

[Jim Noble]

Way down below the ocean
There I want to be
She may be

My antedeluvian baby

[Yardstick]

The Etruscans had some badass helmets and armor in a style that is sort of proto-Roman.

[null and void]

Yup!

[Bob Ireland]

***It turns out the enigmatic Etruscans were local to the area***

?? They weren't from Passaic, New Jersey?? 😯

[Red Badger]

The obvious answer is the Etruscans followed immediately after the Dtruscans............................

[Red Badger]

I had that 45!

I played the hell out of it at 14....................

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

That was the ancient view, and since they were much closer to the problem, I'd go with that.

Their language appears to have been rooted in the e Med, DNA research on their midden heaps show that their livestock had roots from the e Med, even their tombs echo the carved tombs of the Aegean. Their trade and cultural links were with the e Med (particularly the Ionian Greeks and the Phoenicians, and with their Carthaginian kindred).

Also I wonder where all this supposed Etruscan DNA came from, considering that, AFAIK, they really preferred cremation.

[SunkenCiv]

See, that’s why you’re my favorite. ;^)

[SunkenCiv]

The implication is, they’d all come from a Bronze Age era overland migration.

[Wuli]

Making none of the later dominant groups on the Italian peninsula were “locals” as in “local origins”. Their social groups replaced whatever groups were there when they arrived.

[SunkenCiv]

• DNA Boosts Herodotus’ Account of Etruscans as Migrants to Italy [04/03/2007]
• East Bulgaria Reveals Minoan Pertainence [01/23/2005]
• Who Were the Hurrians? [06/25/2008]
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• Palaeolexicon (click on Carian)
• Carian keyword
• Carians keyword

[SunkenCiv]

It’ll be amusing if Neolithic DNA from Italy turns out to have common markers with these purported samples from classical antiquity.

[SunkenCiv]

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