Re: 14th-century Ashkenazi Jews had more genetic diversity than their descendants do today #dna #germany


Renee Steinig
 

Thanks, Laurie.

Today's New York Times also reported on the discoveries in Erfurt:

Ashkenazi Jews Have Become More Genetically Similar Over Time
A new study of skeletons from a cemetery in Germany reveals a hidden history of Jews in the Middle Ages.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/science/ashkenazi-jews-genetic-history.html#:~:text=The%20analysis%2C%20the%20first%20of,over%20the%20past%20seven%20centuries

The Times article also mentions David Reich of Harvard, who, along with Shai Carmi of Hebrew University, led the study. 

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
Dix Hills NY
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 1:40 PM Laurie Sosna <lsmacgeek@...> wrote:

This article popped up in my news feed this morning, I thought it might be of interest.
https://www.livescience.com/genetics-medieval-ashkenazi-jews-germany

Here's a link to the original study in the journal Cell for those who want to all the scientific details.
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01378-2

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