DNA discovery reveals genetic history of ancient Egyptians

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Ancient Egyptians and their modern counterparts share less in common than you might think. That is, at least genetically, a team of scientists have found.
Researchers from the University of Tuebingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, both in Germany, have decoded the genome of ancient Egyptians for the first time, with unexpected results.

Publishing its findings in Nature Communications, the study concluded that preserved remains found in Abusir-el Meleq, Middle Egypt, were closest genetic relatives of Neolithic and Bronze Age populations from the Near East, Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean Europeans.
Modern Egyptians, by comparison, share much more DNA with sub-Saharan populations.
The findings have turned years of theory on its head, causing Egyptologists to re-evaluate the region's history while unlocking new tools for scientists working in the field.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/22/health/ancient-egypt-mummy-dna-genome-heritage/index.html?sr=fbCNN062317ancient-egypt-mummy-dna-genome-heritage1100PMStoryLink&linkId=39051343

[RV Pundit]

That interesting. How ancient?

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

Modern Egyptians are Arabs.  Their largest influx most likely after 632 CE spreading the peaceful religion.  The ancients were more likely types like the Nubians you find in Northern Sudan.

[RV Pundit]

That too is my understanding. I don' understand this new theory.

Modern Egyptians are Arabs.  Their largest influx most likely after 632 CE spreading the peaceful religion.  The ancients were more likely types like the Nubians you find in Northern Sudan.

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

That too is my understanding. I don' understand this new theory.

Modern Egyptians are Arabs.  Their largest influx most likely after 632 CE spreading the peaceful religion.  The ancients were more likely types like the Nubians you find in Northern Sudan.

It might have something to do with the specific period in question.  1400 BC to 400 AD.  It includes the period when Greeks ruled Egypt.