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Review: 'Ancestors' an insightful and persuasive study tracing human DNA in the Levant
Pierre Zalloua, a Lebanese-born population geneticist with a flair for (gently) stirring the pot, takes the reader on an ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN12d
Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic ...
Rewriting History: Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions About Phoenician Civilization
Study challenges long-standing beliefs about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, a culture recognized as one of ...
Greek City Times5d
Greek DNA Discovered in Phoenician Origins, Study Reveals
A new study in *Nature* reveals the Phoenicians, famed for their Mediterranean trade and alphabet, were not solely from the ...
Indian Defence Review on MSN1d
Ancient DNA Study Shakes Up What We Thought We Knew About the Phoenicians
A groundbreaking DNA study reveals that the mighty Phoenician empire spread its culture not through conquest, but through a ...
Smithsonian Magazine12d
Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
Scientists examined ancient DNA to trace the ancestry of the people of Carthage ... including in the Levant, Iberia, North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and Ibiza. Phoenician cities and their ...
Phys.org21d
Ancient DNA challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization
The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing ... The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic ...
Science Daily21d
Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing ... new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links ...
EurekAlert!21d
Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of ...
The New York Times20d
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
An international research team analyzed the degraded DNA from the remains of 210 individuals, including 196 from 14 sites traditionally identified as Phoenician and Punic in the Levant ...