Tristan Hughes

Is there anything else you'd like to highlight that we really should talk about with these earliest populations in Arabia, and I guess, if you want, the wider region that we should think about when looking at ancient DNA and other fields today?

And then... Axum, a bit of Axum as well, Ethiopia in Yemen, yeah?

Oh, sorry, the Levant, okay.

It's so interesting going back to those three groups that you highlighted earlier that they stem from.

I guess that's also in the case with the famous Arabian kingdoms like the Nabataeans or the Sabaeans in Yemen.

They also have their links to those three from earlier.

My last question must also be about Semitic languages.

Can ancient DNA and your studies help us learn about the spread of Semitic languages into the Arabian Peninsula?

Pierre, this has been such a deep dive into ancient genetics and its links to the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Levant, the fertile crescent.

Talk to us a little bit about your new book, Ancestors.

Pierre, it's a great book.

As I said, you cover all of that area and the long history and prehistory of those areas and the makeup of the populations.

It just goes to me to say thank you so much for taking the time to come on the podcast today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well, there you go.

There was Dr. Pierre Zaloua talking all things The First Arabians.

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