Claim: Philistine-era DNA: a migration that faded
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Ashkelon DNA, 10 individuals: early Iron Age people carried a European-related admixture, no longer detectible later. A migration occurred but left no long-lasting genetic signature.
SOURCE
Feldman et al., Science Advances 5(7) eaax0061, 2019 (Ashkelon)
doi.org
doi.org
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Descend from the philistines”
- “Philistines were”
- “Palestinians are philistines”
- “Canaanites are palestinians”
- “Descendants of the canaanites”
RELATED FACT CHECKS
TRUEMost Israeli Jews were born in IsraelFALSEThere is no archaeological trace of Judean kingsCONTEXTTheir sources: Koestler, Sand, ElhaikCONTEXTJews have no deep history in the wider world