DNA taken from an ancient Phoenicians could has shed new light on one of the great early civilisations of the Middle East. Researchers have sequenced the first complete genome of a 2,500-year-old body discovered in Carthage,Tunisia and found the man had European heritage. The man’s maternal lineage is believed to have come from the north Mediterranean coast, which would be the first known evidence of a rare European genetic population in North Africa. Scientists say the discovery could throw new light on the history of human movement.
First DNA from ancient Phoenician shows European ancestry
