Extended Data Fig. 10: Additional PCA projections.
From: Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors
(a) Bronze and Iron Age reference and Levantine populations. We show the same PCA as in Fig. 1 but focus on the ancient reference populations. (b) Zoom in PCA projections of Levantine populations. We show the same PCA depicted in (a), but zooming into the region where Levantine individuals project. We also include additional Bronze and Iron Age Levant individuals not included in Fig. 1. Those previously published individuals originate from Sidon in present-day Lebanon17 and various sites in present-day Israel (Megiddo, Yehud, Hazor, Baq’ah25, Tel Shadud64, Ashkelon64,65). Abbreviations: MLBA: Middle-Late Bronze Age, MBA: Middle Bronze Age, IA: Iron Age. All 13 individuals from Akhziv cluster next to other Levantine individuals, together with a single outlier individual from Tharros (I22119) inferred to have Levantine ancestry (Extended Data Fig. 3). Abbreviations: M/N: Mesolithic/Neolithic, MLBA: Middle-Late Bronze Age, MBA: Middle Bronze Age, LBA: Late Bronze Age, IA: Iron Age.
