I16163 + VIL007 23andme format Sardinia Punic Period

Meet two incredibly different people who lived in Punic-era Sardinia during the 5th century BC. Through advanced archaeogenetics, we reconstruct the lives, ancestries, and physical traits of "Hannibal"—a Phoenician-Carthaginian descendant with deep Levantine and Berber roots—and "Angela," an immigrant from the Italian mainland with strong Etruscan and European hunter-gatherer ties.

Using tools like Andreimix mapper, non-negative least squares, and qpAdm modeling, we break down their genetic distances to modern populations, their distinct ancestral profiles, and their fascinating DNA trait predictions (from eye color and nose shapes to health risks like HLA-B27 and multiple sclerosis). Discover just how diverse ancient Sardinia really was during the rise of Carthage and Rome.