Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors

2025/04/23 by Harald Ringbauer, Ayelet Salman‐Minkov, Ayelet Salman-Minkov +76 · 1 voice · 10 citations
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Forensic and Genetic Research #Gene #Genetically modified organism #Genetics #Geography

paper · open access · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08913-3

published in Nature 643(8070), 139-147 (Nature Portfolio)

openalex publication_date 2025/04/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Citations

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Discussions

• Check out our ancient DNA paper on the maritime Punic civilization! 🦴🧬🌊 We find that their Levantine Phoenician cultural ancestors contributed surprisingly little ancestry to Punic sites in the ce [bsky, 75 points, 2 comments]