Michael Gross is a science writer based at Oxford. He can be contacted via his web page at www.michaelgross.co.uk.
Curr Biol. 2017 Sep 25;27(18):R979-R982. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.010.
European culture traces its history back to the ancient Greek civilisations, while Christianity and Judaism have their roots in the populations on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Genome studies of several Bronze Age individuals from each of these regions have now probed the genetic roots of early civilisations, revealing both migration and continuity in both cases. Michael Gross reports.
欧洲文化的历史可以追溯到古希腊文明，而基督教和犹太教则扎根于地中海东部沿海的人群中。目前，对来自这两个地区的几个青铜时代个体的基因组研究已经深入探讨了早期文明的遗传根源，揭示了两种情况下的迁移和连续性。迈克尔·格罗斯报道。
