We Were Pharaohs and So Forth: Egyptian Mummies Show European and Levant Genetics (vid)

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Mummy DNA unravels ancient Egyptians’ ancestry
Genetic analysis reveals a close relationship with Middle Easterners, not central Africans.

"...... Both types of genomic material showed that ancient Egyptians shared little DNA with modern sub-Saharan Africans. Instead, their closest relatives were people living during the Neolithic and Bronze ages in an area known as the Levant. Strikingly, the mummies were more closely related to ancient Europeans and Anatolians than to modern Egyptians.
The researchers say that there was probably a pulse of sub-Saharan African DNA into Egypt roughly 700 years ago. The mixing of ancient Egyptians and Africans from further south means that modern Egyptians can trace 8% more of their ancestry to sub-Saharan Africans than can the mummies from Abusir el-Meleq. ...."

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We Were Pharaohs and So Forth: Egyptian Mummies Show European and Levant Genetics (vid)

https://youtu.be/8leUPVFcV2I?t=1s

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Avatar JAP69 -
#1
The mixing of human DNA across geographical boundaries has been going on since the beginning of the human species.
Avatar konane -
#2
Thanks JAP. Yes is has. Someday they're find facts which will astound us.

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