Thursday 27 July 2017

Present-day Lebanese descend from Biblical Canaanites, genetic study suggests

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) In the most recent whole-genome study of ancient remains from the Near East, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists and their collaborators sequenced the entire genomes of 4,000-year-old Canaanite individuals who inhabited the region during the Bronze Age, and compared these to other ancient and present-day populations. The results, published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics suggest that present-day Lebanese are direct descendants of the ancient Canaanites.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology http://ift.tt/2vblNwQ

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