claim · claim_modern_identity_not_direct_ancient_continuity

Modern Jewish, Palestinian, Israeli, Jordanian, Lebanese, Arab, Christian, Muslim, and other identities cannot be reduced to one ancient genetic, ethnic, or textual lineage.

Evidence confidence: near certain

Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: supported. This is separate from specialist review.

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Evidence and sources

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informs · provides source criticism
The Southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern Canon — Rachel Hallote (2020)
Provides historiographic basis.

Locator: modern disciplinary frames
informs · provides source criticism
Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences — Marc Haber, Claude Doumet-Serhal, Christiana Scheib, and collaborators (2017)
Shows biological continuity/admixture cannot define identity.

Locator: ancient and modern genomic modeling
informs · defines
Ethics of DNA Research on Human Remains: Five Globally Applicable Guidelines — Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, David Anthony, Hélène Ducrocq, and collaborators (2021)
Supports restraint.

Locator: responsible interpretation guidelines