# European-related ancestry appears at Ashkelon in the early Iron Age and is diluted later, implying settlement…

> European-related ancestry appears at Ashkelon in the early Iron Age and is diluted later, implying settlement and intermarriage.

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# European-related ancestry appears at Ashkelon in the early Iron Age and is diluted later, implying settlement…

European-related ancestry appears at Ashkelon in the early Iron Age and is diluted later, implying settlement and intermarriage.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Populations displaced by famine and the failure of their own states, moving with their families.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464ZGT4G84/populations-displaced-by-famine-and-the-failure-of-their-own)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). European-related ancestry appears at Ashkelon in the early Iron Age and is diluted later, implying settlement… [Evidence EVD0D46500E6J9H]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D46500E6J9H
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