@article {3062962,
	title = {The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant},
	journal = {Cell},
	volume = {181},
	number = {5},
	year = {2020},
	month = {2020/05/28/},
	pages = {1146-1157.e11},
	abstract = {Summary We report genome-wide DNA data for 73 individuals from five archaeological sites across the Bronze and Iron Ages Southern Levant. These individuals, who share the {\textquotedblleft}Canaanite{\textquotedblright} material culture, can be modeled as descending from two sources: (1) earlier local Neolithic populations and (2) populations related to the Chalcolithic Zagros or the Bronze Age Caucasus. The non-local contribution increased over time, as evinced by three outliers who can be modeled as descendants of recent migrants. We show evidence that different {\textquotedblleft}Canaanite{\textquotedblright} groups genetically resemble each other more than other populations. We find that Levant-related modern populations typically have substantial ancestry coming from populations related to the Chalcolithic Zagros and the Bronze Age Southern Levant. These groups also harbor ancestry from sources we cannot fully model with the available data, highlighting the critical role of post-Bronze-Age migrations into the region over the past 3,000 years.},
	keywords = {Abel Beth Maacah, ancient DNA, archaeology, Baq'ah, demographic inference, genetic ancestry, population genetics, Tel Megiddo, Tel Shadud, Yehud},
	isbn = {0092-8674},
	author = {Lily Agranat-Tamir and Waldman, Shamam and Martin, Mario A. S. and David Gokhman and Mishol, Nadav and Eshel, Tzilla and Olivia Cheronet and Rohland, Nadin and Swapan Mallick and Adamski, Nicole and Lawson, Ann Marie and Mah, Matthew and Michel, Megan and Oppenheimer, Jonas and Stewardson, Kristin and Candilio, Francesca and Keating, Denise and Gamarra, Beatriz and Tzur, Shay and Mario Novak and Kalisher, Rachel and Bechar, Shlomit and Eshed, Vered and Kennett, Douglas J. and Marina Faerman and Yahalom-Mack, Naama and Monge, Janet M. and Govrin, Yehuda and Erel, Yigal and Yakir, Benjamin and Ron Pinhasi and Carmi, Shai and Finkelstein, Israel and Liran Carmel and David Reich}
}
