An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ancestry with ancient Middle Easterners, even those from sites linked to ...

Carthaginians were known as “Punic people” to the Romans, and the two civilizations clashed in the Punic Wars—during which the Carthaginian general Hannibal famously crossed the Alps.

The Carthaginians, also known as the Punic people, established an empire that eventually extended across northeastern Africa and into the south of modern-day Spain. Then came the rivalry with Rome ...

Until now, they were thought to be genetically related to the Punic people, who emerged from Phoenician outposts along coastal regions of southern Europe. That would have meant Punic people had ...

The work is published in the journal Nature. The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links between them and Levantine Phoenicians ...

New perspective on the spread of Phoenician culture The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links between them and Levantine Phoenicians ...