For Further Research

• R1b - a Y chromosome derived from Eurasia. (Research this further)
• One variation in male (or Y) DNA, labled J2, is a genetic marker that identifies descendants of the ancient Levantines. Since this Haplogroup is believed to have arisen from Anatolia, it is not surprising that its highest concentration in modern men is still there. Its source is the same stock that produced the Jews, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, whose traditions developed along a different path.
• Principal Investigator for National Geographic Society's Genographic Project, Dr. Pierre Zalloua has found J2 in high proportion among Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians. "The YDNA Haplogroup of the ancient Phoenicians is J2, also identified as the signature of human migration via the Mediterranean in the Neolithic or New Stone Age around 6,000 BC, from the Levant into Europe."[ii]
• This same marker is found in unusually high frequency along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, the concentration diminishing on its way into Europe, with the exception of a loud bang on Malta. Zalloua reports: "The further south you go, the less likely you are to see this marker. The further north and the further inland you go, the less you see this marker. It is very Levantine... In Malta, the ancient DNA type was found in an extremely high 30 percent of samples."[iii] A clear pattern of the migration emerges when the numbers are tracked on a map. (See "Atlantis" post on 01/19/2011)