From its rise in the northern Levant, the Phoenicians connected east and west for over a millennium through their established trade networks across the Mediterranean, reaching beyond the Straits of Gibraltar. The Phoenician culture was one of the most prevailing and widespread in the history of the Mediterranean basin. Our data, while limited, suggest that the Eastern or North African influence in the Punic population of Ibiza was primarily male dominated. ![]() Our mitochondrial results suggest a genetic discontinuity between the early Phoenician settlers and the island’s modern inhabitants. The mitochondrial results indicate a predominantly recent European maternal ancestry for the current Ibizan population while the whole genome data suggest a significant Eastern Mediterranean component. We analysed and compared ancient DNA results with 18 new mitochondrial genomes from modern Ibizans to determine the ancestry of the founders of Ibiza. We also obtained low coverage (0.47X average depth) of the genome of one individual, directly dated to 361–178 cal BCE, from the Cas Molí site on Ibiza. We obtained nine complete mitochondrial genomes from skeletal remains from two Punic necropoli in Ibiza and a Bronze Age site from Formentara. ![]() ![]() The founding population grew significantly and reached its height during the 4 th century BCE. Ibiza was permanently settled around the 7 th century BCE by founders arriving from west Phoenicia.
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