Debunking the Misinterpretations of Ancient Egyptian DNA: A Critique of Schuenemann et al. (2017) By Professor Stuart Tyson Smith
In 2020, Stuart Tyson Smith, professor of anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, offered a sharp critique of the 2017 Nature study by Schuenemann et al., which claimed that ancient Egyptian mummies showed stronger genetic ties to the Near East than to Sub-Saharan Africa. At first glance, this study seemed to confirm longstanding Eurocentric narratives that […]
