Study Finds Genetic Links Among Jewish People
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Using sophisticated genetic analysis, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and New York University School of Medicine have published a study indicating that Jews are a widely dispersed people with a common ancestry. Jews from different regions of the world were found to share many genetic traits that are distinct from other groups and that date back to ancient times.