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 · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Arts and Humanities · #Forensic and Genetic Research #Archaeology and Historical Studies

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

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]