Ancient DNA from Spain

Main archaeological groups: Spain C (112), Spain EBA (72), Spain MLN (50), Spain LateAntiquity Christian (30), Spain BA (28).
Most frequent Y-DNA lines: R1b (148), I2a (61), E1b (20), G2a (20), F (14), J2a (10).
Most frequent mtDNA lines: U5b (79), K1a (72), J1c (37), H1 (34), H3 (26), H1e (19).

📊 How Spain's DNA changed over 10,000 years: hunter-gatherers, farmers, steppe herders and later arrivals, period by period.

Find the ancient individuals closest to your own town →

Period by period

Excavation sites

• La Almoloya 67, 2,000 BC to 1,630 BC
• Necrópolis Centre de Visitants 35, 604 BC to AD 173
• Las Gobas 30, AD 750
• El Mirador Cave 17, 2,796 BC to 2,450 BC
• Sima del Ángel 17, 2,700 BC to 2,516 BC
• Villaricos 17, 604 BC to AD 100
• Camino de las Yeseras 16, 2,500 BC to 1,853 BC
• Cova de la Guineu 13, 2,950 BC
• Humanejos 12, 2,600 BC to 1,785 BC
• Les Llometes 12, 3,995 BC to 2,859 BC
• Cova de Els Trocs 11, 5,260 BC to 3,803 BC
• El Portalón Cave 11, 5,119 BC to 1,678 BC
• Necrópolis Granada 11, 276 BC to AD 200
• PP4-Montelirio 11, 2,800 BC to 1,650 BC
• Cueva de las Lechuzas 10, 2,800 BC
• L'Esquerda 10, AD 650 to AD 797
• La Bastida 10, 2,079 BC to 1,565 BC
• Paris Street 10, 2,572 BC to 2,396 BC
• Camino del Molino 9, 2,800 BC to 2,289 BC
• El Castillón 9, AD 482 to AD 500
• El Sotillo 9, 2,861 BC to 876 BC
• Pla de l'Horta 9, AD 558
• Alto de la Huesera 8, 3,005 BC to 2,875 BC
• Can Roquetes 8, 1,700 BC to 493 BC
• Galls Carboners 8, 2,965 BC to 1,600 BC
• Nécropolis de Torna Alta 8, AD 1550
• Campo de Hockey 7, 4,150 BC to 291 BC
• Carrer Sagunto 49 7, AD 1200
• Cova d'en Pardo 7, 2,800 BC
• Sant Juilà de Ramis 7, AD 912 to AD 1122
• Es Forat de ses Aritges 6, 1,100 BC
• La Hoya 6, 350 BC to 272 BC
• Las Yurdinas II 6, 3,176 BC to 2,900 BC
• Puig des Molins 6, 351 BC to 280 BC
• Arroyal I 5, 2,455 BC to 2,291 BC
• Castillejo del Bonete 5, 2,124 BC to 1,825 BC
• La Mina 5, 3,750 BC to 3,736 BC
• Mandubi Zelaia 5, 3,100 BC
• Monte Bernorio 5, 101 BC to 75 BC
• Ses Païsses de Cala d'Hort 5, 400 BC to 275 BC
• Valdescusa 5, 1,700 BC to 1,640 BC
• Cabezo Redondo 4, 1,653 BC to 1,498 BC
• Calle Mármoles 4, 300 BC to 280 BC
• Cueva de Chaves 4, 5,177 BC to 4,470 BC
• Cueva de la Paloma 4, 3,250 BC to 2,350 BC
• El Espinoso cave 4, 1,150 BC
• El Toral-3 4, 5,661 BC to 1,468 BC
• El Toro 4, 4,950 BC to 4,946 BC
• Jentilarri 4, 3,100 BC
• La Angorrilla 4, 658 BC to 600 BC
• Mas Gassol 4, AD 350
• Plaza Einstein 4, AD 300 to AD 400
• Puig de Sant Andreu 4, 276 BC to 225 BC
• Puntal de los Carniceros 4, 1,811 BC to 1,660 BC
• Cerro del Morrón 3, 1,814 BC to 1,650 BC
• Cueva Romero 3, AD 1050
• Estevillas_Virgen_de_la_Torre 3, AD 581 to AD 793
• Hipogeo del Parking de Alcazabilla 3, 400 BC to 280 BC
• La Braña-Arintero 3, 5,908 BC to 5,861 BC
• La Chabola de la Hechicera 3, 3,453 BC to 2,977 BC
• La Horna 3, 1,574 BC to 1,511 BC
• La Magdalena 3, 2,250 BC
• Mas d'en Boixos-1 3, 450 BC to 410 BC
• Molinos del Papel 3, 2,205 BC to 2,090 BC
• Necrópolis de Cobertizo Viejo 3, AD 1400
• Puente Noy 3, 201 BC
• Balma Guilanyà 2, 11,065 BC to 9,958 BC
• Camino_de_las_Yeseras 2, AD 725 to AD 795
• Casa Corona 2, 5,988 BC to 5,945 BC
• Casa Cuartel Guardia Civil 2, AD 1200
• Cerro de la Virgen 2, 1,730 BC to 1,476 BC
• Cueva de los Lagos 2, 1,450 BC
• Cueva de los Murciélagos 2, 5,177 BC
• El Hundido 2, 2,417 BC to 2,171 BC
• El Mazo 2, 6,463 BC to 6,022 BC
• El Prado de Pancorbo 2, 5,119 BC to 4,753 BC
• Els Estrets de la Rata 2, 200 BC
• Ḥou Amieva 2, 5,179 BC to 4,798 BC
• La Coveta Emparetà 2, 3,437 BC to 3,400 BC
• La Navilla 2, 2,100 BC
• La Requejada 2, 1,300 BC
• La Riera 2, 18,922 BC
• La Vital 2, 2,509 BC to 2,500 BC
• Mollet III 2, 25,253 BC
• Necrópolis de las Delicias 2, AD 550 to AD 755
• Palau Castell de Betxí 2, AD 1096 to AD 1200
• Paseíllos Universitarios-Fuentenueva 2, AD 500 to AD 563
• Tordillos 2, 1,500 BC to 1,351 BC
• Túmulo Mortorum 2, 1,150 BC to 1,125 BC
• Virgazal 2, 2,127 BC to 1,659 BC
• Atrio de Menga 1, AD 850
• Ca's Moli 1, 267 BC
• Calle Panaderos 21-23 1, AD 950
• Can Marines 1, 390 BC
• Can Olivé 1, 250 BC
• Centro Histórico 1, 400 BC
• Cerro de la Encina 1, 1,945 BC
• Chan do Lindeiro 1, 7,159 BC
• Cingle del Mas Nou 1, 5,865 BC
• Cova 127 1, 1,798 BC
• Cova Bonica 1, 5,395 BC
• Cova de Sant Gomengo 1, 3,150 BC
• Cova del Gegant 1, 1,577 BC
• Cova dels Diablets 1, 2,742 BC
• Cova des Moro 1, 2,383 BC
• Covacha del Angel 1, 1,682 BC
• Coveta del Frare 1, 1,831 BC
• Cueva de la Carigüela 1, 22,500 BC
• Cueva de la Cocina 1, 6,007 BC
• Cueva de los Cuarenta 1, 3,680 BC
• Cueva del Malalmuerzo 1, 20,939 BC
• El Maraute 1, AD 1000
• El Mirón Cave 1, 16,825 BC
• Font de la Canya 1, 600 BC
• Fuente Celada 1, 5,069 BC
• Fuente la Mora 1, 1,500 BC
• Hort d'en Grimau 1, 479 BC
• La Fragua cave 1, 2,087 BC
• La Horra 1, 1,500 BC
• Lloma de Betxí 1, 1,692 BC

And 25 smaller sites.

Source: Allen Ancient DNA Resource v66 (Mallick et al. 2024), individuals with a date and coordinates; samples the AADR flags as misdated are left out. Group names are those of the original studies. Haplogroups are shown when they could be read from the ancient DNA.