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Returning_CEmen
06/23/17 10:37:35 PM
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/health/ancient-egypt-mummy-dna-genome-heritage/index.html

Publishing its findings in Nature Communications, the study concluded that preserved remains found in Abusir-el Meleq, Middle Egypt, were closest genetic relatives of Neolithic and Bronze Age populations from the Near East, Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean Europeans.
Modern Egyptians, by comparison, share much more DNA with sub-Saharan populations.

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Skye Reynolds
06/23/17 10:43:31 PM
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I'd have been more surprised if they had, say, Native American ancestry.

Being related to your geographical neighbors isn't that surprising.
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ThyCorndog
06/23/17 10:44:20 PM
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oh wow egyptians were middle eastern. mystery solved
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Bad_Mojo
06/23/17 10:49:15 PM
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MakoReizei
06/23/17 10:50:14 PM
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Returning_CEmen
06/23/17 10:51:50 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
oh wow egyptians were middle eastern. mystery solved

A lot of people thought they were African.
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Bad_Mojo
06/23/17 10:53:16 PM
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Returning_CEmen posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
oh wow egyptians were middle eastern. mystery solved

A lot of people thought they were African.


To be honest, I did
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Zack_Attackv1
06/23/17 10:55:36 PM
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Next thing you know is inertia being classified as a property of matter.
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solosnake
06/23/17 10:59:17 PM
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this was already known. it was written down in the bible
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Returning_CEmen
06/23/17 10:59:55 PM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
Returning_CEmen posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
oh wow egyptians were middle eastern. mystery solved

A lot of people thought they were African.


To be honest, I did

me too

But apparently all of CE already knew this.
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ThyCorndog
06/23/17 11:00:02 PM
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Returning_CEmen posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
oh wow egyptians were middle eastern. mystery solved

A lot of people thought they were African.

Well, the paper itself says the ancient samples have 6% to 15% african dna. the modern samples have 14% to 21%
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kuwab0
06/23/17 11:10:22 PM
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