This map shows the distribution of ancient North African ancestry in the Iberian Peninsula 🗺️ This ancestry did not arrive only in medieval times. Parts of Iberia had North African genetic input thousands of years earlier, long before Roman or Islamic periods. 👇 Here’s how to interpret the pattern. 🌍 EARLIEST CONNECTIONS Prehistoric contact across the Strait of Gibraltar allowed gene flow between: • North Africa • Southern Iberia These movements likely involved Iberomaurusian- and Maghrebi-re