Low Levantine genetic contribution to Punic colonies can (probably) be explained:
Let's start by looking at the main PCA graph again: https://www.eupedia.com/forum/attachments/1745426611014-png.18186/
The 103 Phoenician-Punic individuals from the western med fall mainly into three categories:
-...
Looking more closely at the graphs from the OP:
https://www.eupedia.com/forum/attachments/1745426611014-png.18186/
https://www.eupedia.com/forum/attachments/1745427758934-png.18187/
1. No half-Levantines:
What strikes me is that there's a broad gap between the 103 Phoenician/Punic samples from...
They used samples from the Phoenician coast town of Akhziv as a reference. Supplementary info says:
- 2/16 of samples could be radiocarbon dated to 900 BCE-360 BC (the rest could not)
- "the individuals sampled from Akhziv ... were assumed to be Phoenician or Punic even if they were not...
This theory was popularized on the Unz Review a year ago. I tried to investigate every aspect thereof last year and left my research notes in >100 comments in the relevant comment thread (under the name of "Fuchs").
Summary:
- Genetics: Modern AJ and SJ have lower levels of K12 "Northwest...
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