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Thanks for the Alphabet, and for Those Telltale Genes Too

Nov 01, 2008

New York Times reports on a study from the Genographic Project that found a "lasting genetic imprint" from the seafaring Phoenicians has been passed down in populations surrounding the Mediterranean. "As many as 1 in 17 men living today on the coasts of North Africa and southern Europe may have a Phoenician direct male-line ancestor," the story says. The study was reported in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

 

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