Prof. Pierre Zalloua

So, and we know that there is a mix between Denisovan, Neanderthal and Homo sapiens as well.

So what I'm trying to say is we're learning.

I don't think anything, you know, we should not simplify the story.

I think simplifying the story

You know, yes, we'd like to say we came, we descended from X population at that particular time, but it's not always as simple.

I think the complexity of it makes it more interesting, especially for people like me.

And as I give examples, there are multiple, multiple populations or cultures that lived in a very small region

which is the fertile crescents all the way down to the Levant.

But then if we go back 10, 12,000 years ago, we know that the source of these populations were only three cultures.

So these are fascinating stories.

I'll give you an example.

The Levant today was populated, yes, you have all of these invaders that we talk about, like the Romans, the Persians came, and then the Romans,

I mean, I'm talking about the Levant.

So in the Levant, you have the Romans and then...

and then the Persians, of course.

So you have all of these mix that happened in the Levant, okay?

And then you would expect to see a lot of these DNA remains of Romans and Persians and the Crusades later, but you don't.

You see only very small fraction that actually is actually changing only, which is fascinating, which is fascinating.

These tell stories that actually make us say, you know, yes, people come, you know, especially in the past, you know, these waves of people moving through wars, you know, Alexander with his army, and they didn't leave any DNA or very, very little DNA to mention.

That's right.