Ancient Philistine Genomes Provide Clues for Age-Old Mystery of the Mediterranean (5 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Ancient Philistine Genomes Provide Clues for Age-Old Mystery of the Mediterranean (5 of 9)

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Reconstruction of a Philistine House from the 12th Century B.C.E. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 3rd, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Feldman at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) in Jena, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines."

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[Credit: Balage Balogh, Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon]

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