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Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors.

Harald Ringbauer, Ayelet Salman-Minkov, Dalit Regev, Iñigo Olalde, Tomer Peled, Luca Sineo, Gioacchino Falsone, Peter van Dommelen, Alissa Mittnik, Iosif Lazaridis and 60 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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70 authors.

Harald RingbauerDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. harald_ringbauer@eva.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4884-9682
Ayelet Salman-MinkovEfi Arazi School of Computer Science, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-6031-6996
Dalit RegevIsrael Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Israel.
Iñigo OlaldeDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2660-6807
Tomer PeledEfi Arazi School of Computer Science, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.
Luca SineoDept. STEBICEF, Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8634-2295
Gioacchino FalsoneDept. Culture e Società, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Peter van DommelenJoukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0970-6651
Alissa MittnikDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6963-4824
Iosif LazaridisDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4094-9347
Davide PettenerUniversity of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Maria BofillArchaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Eivissa, Spain.
Ana MezquidaArchaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Eivissa, Spain.
Benjamí CostaArchaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Eivissa, Spain.
Helena JiménezArchaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Eivissa, Spain.
Patricia SmithFaculties of Medicine and Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Stefania VaiDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3844-5147
Alessandra ModiDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9514-9868
Arie ShausDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3727-2774
Kim CallanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3170-8514
Elizabeth CurtisDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0263-0765
Aisling KearnsDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ann Marie LawsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0990-2329
Matthew MahDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8987-6436
Adam MiccoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jonas OppenheimerDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Lijun QiuDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kristin StewardsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Noah WorkmanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0921-1803
Nicholas Márquez-GrantCranfield Forensic Institute, Cranfield University, Bedford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5812-6189
Antonio M Sáez RomeroUniversidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7071-9748
María Luisa Lavado FloridoArchaeologist, independent researcher, Seville, Spain.
Juan Manuel Jiménez-ArenasUniversidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4165-0187
Isidro Jorge Toro MoyanoMuseo Arqueológico de Granada, Granada, Spain.
Enrique VigueraUniversidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5475-3807
José Suárez PadillaUniversidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Sonia López ChamizoUniversidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Tomas Marques-BonetInstitute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5597-3075
Esther LizanoInstitut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3304-9807
Alicia Rodero RiazaMuseo Arqueológico Nacional Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Francesca OlivieriMinistry of Cultural Heritage, Palermo, Italy.
Pamela TotiThe Giuseppe Whitaker Foundation, Motya, Italy.
Valentina GiulianaUniversity of Palermo, Department of Archaeology, Palermo, Italy.
Alon BarashBar Ilan University, The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Safed, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9682-6875
Liran CarmelDepartment of Genetics, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-0225-8550
Elisabetta BoarettoWeizmann Institute of Science, Scientific Archaeology Unit, D-REAMS Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8320-6228
Marina FaermanThe National Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Michaela LucciDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Francesco La PastinaDept. STEBICEF, Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Alessia NavaDepartment of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6319-0425
Francesco GenchiItalian Institute of Oriental Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Carla Del VaisDepartment of Literature, Languages and Cultural Heritage, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7518-6135
Gabriele LauriaDept. STEBICEF, Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0122-7093
Francesca MeliDept. Culture e Società, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Paola SconzoDept. Culture e Società, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Giulio CatalanoDept. STEBICEF, Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Elisabetta CilliDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0407-267X
Anna Chiara FariselliDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2507-9344
Francesco FontaniMax Planck Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM), Leipzig, Germany.
Donata LuiselliDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2105-2478
Brendan J CulletonInstitute of Energy and the Environment, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Swapan MallickDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4531-4439
Nadin RohlandDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lorenzo NigroDepartment of Ancient World Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3262-315X
Alfredo CoppaDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7708-2484
David CaramelliDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6468-1675
Ron PinhasiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1629-8131
Carles Lalueza-FoxInstitute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1730-5914
Ilan GronauEfi Arazi School of Computer Science, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel. ilan.gronau@runi.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0001-8536-4062
David ReichDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. reich@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7037-5292

Funding

Solving ascertainment bias in ancient DNA using Ultima Genomics sequencingR01HG012287 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI REICH, DAVID E · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG012287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The maritime Phoenician civilization from the Levant transformed the entire Mediterranean during the first millennium BCE

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European PeopleGenetic VariationHuman MigrationAfrica, NorthernDNA, AncientGenome, HumanHaplotypesHumansMaleMediterranean RegionDNA, Ancient

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