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> The population of first-century Rome left zero genetic impact on Italy. A million people left no genetic impact? Are you sure about that? Seems too far fetch
by harperlee 5y ago
> The population of first-century Rome left zero genetic impact on Italy.
A million people left no genetic impact? Are you sure about that? Seems too far fetched even for an exaggeration.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThe genetics of modern Italians show absolutely no trace of the immigrants we know were present in Rome. Any impact left by the population of Rome was indistinguishable from the existing genetics of the Italian countryside at the time, but we know that the actual population of Rome was very different from that of the Italian countryside. From a genetic perspective, cities are just somewhere you go to die.