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We publish today the first ancient whole-genome sequences from Arabia and show how they inform on ancestry and disease in the Middle East 🧬☠️ #aDNA #MiddleEast #Bahrain cell.com/cell-genomics/…
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Associate professor in population genetics @unibirmingham
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Ancient DNA from cave sediments in Ireland shows connections with fauna across Europe including woolly-mammoth!
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
Our new paper on genetic diversity in the Himalayas, when it began and how it may have supported survival in extreme environments
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
"We added previously published sequences for 20 indivdiuals [sic] confidently classified as Phoenician or Punic (7 from 2 Sardinian sites, 1 from Ibiza and 12 from Beirut)"
But 2 of those in Beirut were an Egyptian mom and her admixed son
nature.com/articles/s4158…
But 2 of those in Beirut were an Egyptian mom and her admixed son
nature.com/articles/s4158…
www.nature.com Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors Nature - Levantine Phoenicians made little genetic contribution to Punic settlements in the central and western Mediterranean between the sixth and second centuries bce; instead, the Punic people...