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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on November 06, 2021, 08:20:19 PM

Title: Canaanite genetics
Post by: Duncan Head on November 06, 2021, 08:20:19 PM
From last year, but I only just came across the link:

QuoteThe team extracted and studied the DNA of people from five archaeological sites in the Bronze Age Southern Levant. They all share the 'Canaanite' material culture and seem to be descending from two sources: People who lived in the region at earlier times and people who arrived from the area of the Caucasus-Zagros Mountains. These populations mixed at roughly equal proportions.
- https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/presse/aktuelle-pressemeldungen/detailansicht/artikel/material-and-genetic-resemblance-in-the-bronze-age-southern-levant/

The original study at https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30487-6.pdf