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Philistine DNA suggests European roots, researchers say


July 4, 2019

JERUSALEM: Ancient bones excavated in Israel and analysed in Germany may have cracked the puzzle of the Philistines’ provenance and provided for the first time evidence of the biblical people’s European origins, researchers say. The findings related to the Old Testament nemesis of the ancient Israelites were published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances and dubbed “extraordinary” by one …

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