ToBeOrNotToBe
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Will we ever get autosomal results from this guy? Given his confirmed natural red hair (not dyed or a result of the mummification process - this has been proven and discussed to death so take your own time to Google), the results would be fascinating. It's extremely unlikely he would have been anything darker than light olive skin given his hair colour, which of course leads to all kinds of speculation (and White nationalism tries to feed off of this too, despite the fact that the source of e.g. red hair to Ramses is going to be much closer to that of Jews etc.)
What about other ancient Egyptian mummies with interesting phenotypes, like Thuya and Yuya?
It's interesting that the head Egyptologist in Cairo refused to publish Tutankhamun's results, and perhaps not coincidentally he was "leaked" (debatable) as being R1b-M269.
Anyway, basically does anybody have any idea of this? The mummies seem to be pretty well preserved, so surely it can't be that hard to extract the relevant genetic material.
Is this being hindered by the sensitivity of the issue at hand?
What about other ancient Egyptian mummies with interesting phenotypes, like Thuya and Yuya?
It's interesting that the head Egyptologist in Cairo refused to publish Tutankhamun's results, and perhaps not coincidentally he was "leaked" (debatable) as being R1b-M269.
Anyway, basically does anybody have any idea of this? The mummies seem to be pretty well preserved, so surely it can't be that hard to extract the relevant genetic material.
Is this being hindered by the sensitivity of the issue at hand?