The study, published on 30 May in Nature Communications1, includes data from 90 mummies buried between 1380 bc, during Egypt’s New Kingdom, and ad 425, in the Roman era. The findings show that the mummies’ closest kin were ancient farmers from a region that includes present-day Israel and Jordan. Modern Egyptians, by contrast, have inherited more of their DNA from central Africans.
Archaeological discoveries and historical documents suggest close ties between Egypt and the Middle East, but “it is very nice that this study has now provided empirical evidence for this at the genetic level”, says evolutionary anthropologist Omer Gokcumen of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Sorry to disappoint the We Wuz Kangz crowd, ie Chollo who got so upset at this revealing news that he decided to put me on ignore.
Here you go Chollo, I thought you should know this first hand, the truth will set you free my friend!
Looks like the most African DNA the Egyptians have, came pretty recently in the past 1500 years from Central Africa.
Archaeological discoveries and historical documents suggest close ties between Egypt and the Middle East, but “it is very nice that this study has now provided empirical evidence for this at the genetic level”, says evolutionary anthropologist Omer Gokcumen of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Sorry to disappoint the We Wuz Kangz crowd, ie Chollo who got so upset at this revealing news that he decided to put me on ignore.
Here you go Chollo, I thought you should know this first hand, the truth will set you free my friend!
Looks like the most African DNA the Egyptians have, came pretty recently in the past 1500 years from Central Africa.
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