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14th-century Ashkenazi Jews had more genetic diversity than their descendants do today #dna #germany
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Laurie Sosna
Hi everyone,
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 Laurie Sosna San Francisco, CA |
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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. 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. |
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Jill Whitehead
One of the authors of the Erfurt study has expressed an interest in speaking at IAJGS conference in London in 2023, as have the authors of the Norwich, UK "bodies in the well" study which found the same sort of genetic diversity in bodies which were 200 years older than in the Erfurt study.
Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK |
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