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Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences.
American journal of human genetics - 3 Aug 2017
Haber Marc, Doumet-Serhal Claude, Scheib Christiana, Xue Yali, Danecek Petr, Mezzavilla Massimo, Youhanna Sonia, Martiniano Rui, Prado-Martinez Javier, Szpak Michał, Matisoo-Smith Elizabeth, Schutkowski Holger, Mikulski Richard, Zalloua Pierre, Kivisild Toomas, Tyler-Smith Chris
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The Canaanites inhabited the Levant region during the Bronze Age and established a culture that became influential in the Near East and beyond. However, the Canaanites, unlike most other ancient Near Easterners of this period, left few surviving textual records and thus their origin and relationship to ancient and present-day populations remain unclear. In this study, we sequenced five whole genomes from...
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