Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

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Many things these DNA tests can show you. Two Irish Catholic men posting on the Bronx Board once said that the results of their DNA tests showed that their ancestors originally came out of Africa and that Scotland is named for the African Queen Scotia.


Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 May, 2016, 10:23am
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The first DNA analysis of 2,500-year-old remains from one of the great early civilisations of the Middle East, the Phoenicians, has shown the man had European heritage, researchers said Wednesday.

The mitochondrial DNA - or genetic information from his mother’s side - came from a man known as “Young Man of Byrsa” or “Ariche,” whose remains were uncovered in the Tunisian city of Carthage.

The findings in the journal PLOS ONE suggest his maternal lineage likely came from the north Mediterranean coast, on the Iberian Peninsula, perhaps near what is modern day Spain or Portugal.

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First DNA analysis of ancient Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

 

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Many things these DNA tests can show you. Two Irish Catholic men posting on the Bronx Board once said that the results of their DNA tests showed that their ancestors originally came out of Africa and that Scotland is named for the African Queen Scotia.


Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 May, 2016, 10:23am
UPDATED : Thursday, 26 May, 2016, 10:23am

Agence France-Presse


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The first DNA analysis of 2,500-year-old remains from one of the great early civilisations of the Middle East, the Phoenicians, has shown the man had European heritage, researchers said Wednesday.

The mitochondrial DNA - or genetic information from his mother’s side - came from a man known as “Young Man of Byrsa” or “Ariche,” whose remains were uncovered in the Tunisian city of Carthage.

The findings in the journal PLOS ONE suggest his maternal lineage likely came from the north Mediterranean coast, on the Iberian Peninsula, perhaps near what is modern day Spain or Portugal.

Continue reading at:

First DNA analysis of ancient Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

Well before 500 BCE the Phoenicians were global traders and settles in many places including Ireland. Carthage controlled part of Spain. Carthage also used slaves from around the Mediterranean countries.

 

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Many things these DNA tests can show you. Two Irish Catholic men posting on the Bronx Board once said that the results of their DNA tests showed that their ancestors originally came out of Africa and that Scotland is named for the African Queen Scotia.


Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 May, 2016, 10:23am
UPDATED : Thursday, 26 May, 2016, 10:23am

Agence France-Presse


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The first DNA analysis of 2,500-year-old remains from one of the great early civilisations of the Middle East, the Phoenicians, has shown the man had European heritage, researchers said Wednesday.

The mitochondrial DNA - or genetic information from his mother’s side - came from a man known as “Young Man of Byrsa” or “Ariche,” whose remains were uncovered in the Tunisian city of Carthage.

The findings in the journal PLOS ONE suggest his maternal lineage likely came from the north Mediterranean coast, on the Iberian Peninsula, perhaps near what is modern day Spain or Portugal.

Continue reading at:

First DNA analysis of ancient Phoenician shows he had Europe ancestry

Well before 500 BCE the Phoenicians were global traders and settles in many places including Ireland. Carthage controlled part of Spain. Carthage also used slaves from around the Mediterranean countries.

Whenever I hear of Carthage, Aris, I think of the legendary Phoenician Queen Dido in the epic poem, the Aneid.