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Genetic evidence does not support an Etruscan origin in Anatolia.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Sept 2013
Tassi Francesca, Ghirotto Silvia, Caramelli David, Barbujani Guido
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The debate on the origins of Etruscans, documented in central Italy between the eighth century BC and the first century AD, dates back to antiquity. Herodotus described them as a group of immigrants from Lydia, in Western Anatolia, whereas for Dionysius of Halicarnassus they were an indigenous po...
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