- 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 central and western Mediterranean! (1/4) doi.org/10.1038/s415... #aDNA #PopGen #Punic #Phoenician
- We could generate genome-wide data of >100 human remains from prominent Punic necropolis in Iberia, Tunisia, Sicily, and the islands of Ibiza and Sardinia. That includes important urban centers, such as the former Phoenician colony Carthage itself. (2/4)
- We find diverse ancestry in Punic sites 600-200 BCE - with a main component of Greek-Sicilian-like ancestry. Also North African ancestry was widespread across Punic sites on a narrow admixture cline - but remains a minority component (including in Carthage). (3/4)Apr 23, 2025 16:22
- Thanks to a international interdisciplinary team behind this work! 🙏 A special shout-out to Ilan Gronau for his tireless work and the countless intriguing calls we had throughout. And of course to my Postdoc supervisor, David Reich and his lab, who enabled this fascinating aDNA work! (4/4)
