Comments on: Ancient Phoenicians Left Their DNA in the Mediterranean Gene Pool http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/31/ancient-phoenicians-left-their-dna-in-the-mediterranean-gene-pool/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Hans Kramer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/31/ancient-phoenicians-left-their-dna-in-the-mediterranean-gene-pool/#comment-2694 Hans Kramer Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:36:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/31/ancient-phoenicians-left-their-dna-in-the-mediterranean-gene-pool/#comment-2694 for Joseph: The Philistines were not a Phonician peoople. They are usually considered too be descended from Indo-European speakers from Greece or Cyprus. Wikipedia has a good article on the subject. for Joseph:
The Philistines were not a Phonician peoople. They are usually considered too be descended from Indo-European speakers from Greece or Cyprus. Wikipedia has a good article on the subject.

]]> By: Joseph http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/31/ancient-phoenicians-left-their-dna-in-the-mediterranean-gene-pool/#comment-2693 Joseph Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:35:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/31/ancient-phoenicians-left-their-dna-in-the-mediterranean-gene-pool/#comment-2693 >>...and then took DNA samples from 1,330 men living in areas that were once Phoenician trading centers, including Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Cyprus, Malta, and the West Bank.<< My understanding has always been that the Jews lived mostly in the West Bank ('Judea and Samaria'), in the hilly interior of the Israel/Canaan, while the Philistines, who were a Phoenician people, lived on the coast (e.g Gaza). >>…and then took DNA samples from 1,330 men living in areas that were once Phoenician trading centers, including Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Cyprus, Malta, and the West Bank.<<

My understanding has always been that the Jews lived mostly in the West Bank ('Judea and Samaria'), in the hilly interior of the Israel/Canaan, while the Philistines, who were a Phoenician people, lived on the coast (e.g Gaza).

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