@ben05589301@hayasaka_aryan 3) By contrast, Ethiopian “Jews” cluster genetically with neighboring Horn of Africa populations (Amhara, Tigrayans, etc.) not with the Levantine-derived Jewish clusters. They carry high levels of indigenous East African ancestry and predominantly African maternal lineages.
@ben05589301@hayasaka_aryan 2) Ashkenazi Jews are not “neither.” Genome-wide studies consistently model them as a mix of substantial Levantine/Middle Eastern ancestry plus Southern European (mostly Italian-like), with the Levantine component as the clear Middle Eastern source.
@ben05589301@hayasaka_aryan And even the mishnah (Negaim 2:1) describes the children of Israel as intermediate in complexion like boxwood, neither as light as northern Europeans nor as dark as Ethiopians. David is called admoni (ruddy).
@ben05589301@hayasaka_aryan Plus documented variation that includes lighter hair and eyes. Roman-era papyri describing Jews in Egypt repeatedly list them as light-skinned (melichrōs), and one even records a Jew with light blue eyes.
@ben05589301@hayasaka_aryan Facial reconstructions from Hellenistic and Roman-period Jewish skulls in Israel show typical Mediterranean features continuous with later Jewish populations.
@ben05589301@hayasaka_aryan You’re confusing the Levant with Arabia. Those are not the same region and never had identical populations or phenotypes. The Levant (ancient Israel/Canaan, Lebanon, coastal Syria) has long been home to Mediterranean populations with lighter skin tones than many groups