Genome of Ancient Egyptian mummy analyzed

Jun 1, '17, 8:50 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Genome of Ancient Egyptian mummy analyzed Quote: The team (of scientists) collected 151 heads of mummies from Abusir el-Meleq, about 100 kilometres south of Cairo. Of those, they were able to collect 90 samples of mitochondrial DNA, which can only carry a few genes, and doesn't present a full picture. However, they did manage to collect three samples of genomes, the total of an organism's DNA. They published their findings in the journal Nature Communications, noting that the samples taken showed that ancient Egyptians were more closely related to populations from a geographic location historically referred to as the Near East, or southwest Asia . . . This, Krause said, illustrates that ancient Egyptians were more closely related to Europeans than they are to modern-day Egyptians. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fi...ians-1.4138156 I think an older book I had said that the Ancient Egyptians originally came from Central Anatolia. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#2   Jun 1, '17, 10:08 pm

Vico Forum Master   Join Date: November 27, 2008 Posts: 14,057 Religion: Catholic

Re: Genome of Ancient Egyptian mummy analyzed Quote: Originally Posted by Dwyer http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fi...ians-1.4138156 I think an older book I had said that the Ancient Egyptians originally came from Central Anatolia. Near Eastern but not sub-Saharan Africa. (Also not Greek or Roman.) Ancient Near Eastern includes: Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient Iran, Anatolia/Asia Minor and Armenian Highlands, the Levant, Cyprus and the Arabian Peninsula. __________________