🇹🇳 Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) genetics

Explore the ancient reference Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile), its closest modern genetic matches, ancestry models, and genetic distance heatmap.

📍 Region Tunisia

🧬 Closest modern match Italian Sardinia Sulcis-Iglesiente (Sardinian)

⏳ Time period Iron Age

About Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile)

Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) is a reference in the World Genetics ancient G25 dataset. This page compares its coordinates with modern and ancient references. Labels may identify a sampled group, archaeological context, individual, or simulation; they do not necessarily describe an entire ancient population.

The map shows similarity to present-day reference populations, not the historical territory of this ancient group. Genetic similarity alone does not establish direct descent.

What is Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) DNA closest to?

In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) is Italian Sardinia Sulcis-Iglesiente (Sardinian). Other nearby references include Italian Sardinia Benetutti (Sardinian), Italian Sardinia North (Sardinian), Corsican Corse-du-Sud, and Corsican. This gives the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.

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What does Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) ancestry look like?

The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) average. It should be read as a model of deep ancestry components, while the closest-match table is the better guide to which modern populations are most similar in G25 space.

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Where is Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) DNA closest on the map?

The heatmap gives the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.

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Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) Genetics FAQ

What populations are genetically closest to Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile)?

The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Italian Sardinia Sulcis-Iglesiente (Sardinian). Other nearby references include Italian Sardinia Benetutti (Sardinian), Italian Sardinia North (Sardinian), Corsican Corse-du-Sud, and Corsican.

Is Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) DNA closest to Italian Sardinia Sulcis-Iglesiente (Sardinian)?

In the current modern G25 reference set, Italian Sardinia Sulcis-Iglesiente (Sardinian) is the closest listed match to the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) average after removing Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) itself from the table.

What does the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) heatmap show?

The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Tunisia IA Phoenician/Punic Kerkouane (Sicani Profile) G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.