Re:Ancient Phoenician DNA may change the way we see human mi...
by nivertech on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @08:48AM
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1. Punic, not Phoenician.
2. Why is this surprising? At some point in time half of Iberian peninsula belonged to Punic Republic.
3. It's mtDNA, not Y-DNA. Men travelling to distant lands usually marry local women.
4. Even the story of the foundation of Carthage tells that they stopped in Cyprus and took 80 temple prostitutes as wives:
"Queen Elissa (Dido) along with some nobles to flee the city of Tyre westward in a fleet of ships carrying royal gold.[27][28] At Cyprus, four score temple maidens were taken aboard the ships.[29][30] Then her fleet continues on, landing in North Africa to found Carthage."
2. Why is this surprising? At some point in time half of Iberian peninsula belonged to Punic Republic.
3. It's mtDNA, not Y-DNA. Men travelling to distant lands usually marry local women.
4. Even the story of the foundation of Carthage tells that they stopped in Cyprus and took 80 temple prostitutes as wives:
"Queen Elissa (Dido) along with some nobles to flee the city of Tyre westward in a fleet of ships carrying royal gold.[27][28] At Cyprus, four score temple maidens were taken aboard the ships.[29][30] Then her fleet continues on, landing in North Africa to found Carthage."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Carthage#Dido_and_t...