Did Etruscans Descend from Villanovans?

Tomba dei Giocolieri (Tomb of the Jugglers) at the Necropoli dei Monterozzi - Tarquinia, Italy.

In previous posts, we went on a quest to understand the origins of the mysterious Etruscans. The current thinking is that Etruscans came from nowhere else but Italy. And modern historians support the theory that prosperous Villanovans who occupied parts of Italy 3,200 years ago, are ancestral to Etruscans. But who are the Villanovans?

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