Punics had almost no Levantine ancestors?

[Apostle]

"Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors"

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Contrary to the abstract, G25 shows they do score substantial Levantine ancestry.

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[Aurelian]

So the were predominantly north african

 

[Zak12]

This basically confirms what we already suspected. The Punics were a heterogeneous group of originally Levantine stock (Phoenicians) that migrated and mixed with various peoples across the Mediterranean. Hannibal Barca himself might have been part Iberian or Italian as a result.

 

[TheLand]

This basically confirms what we already suspected. The Punics were a heterogeneous group of originally Levantine stock (Phoenicians) that migrated and mixed with various peoples across the Mediterranean. Hannibal Barca himself might have been part Iberian or Italian as a result.

The name Hanibal itself seems to have Semitic origin and meaning.

 

[Zak12]

The name Hanibal itself seems to have Semitic origin and meaning.

The Carthaginians/Punics would have still kept their Levantine heritage regardless of any genetic shifts/assimilation. Its basically like how Somalis and other Horners kept our purely Natufian-like ancestors' Afroasiatic culture and language.

 

[TheLand]

The Carthaginians/Punics would have still kept their Levantine heritage regardless of any genetic shifts/assimilation. Its basically like how Somalis and other Horners kept our purely Natufian-like ancestors' Afroasiatic culture and language.

I’m not disagreeing with you. Similar studies in the past seem to show the same.

 

[Garaad Awal]

Based Berber overlords of the Euros. Another win for Afro-Asiatic supremacy

 

[Xareen]

Based Berber overlords of the Euros. Another win for Afro-Asiatic supremacy

They're half European lad

 

[Garaad Awal]

They're half European lad

Via Euro females