Herodotus' theory on Armenian origins debunked by first whole-genome study

ScienceDaily
Nov 25, 2024, 12:48 pm56 pts
Armenians, a population in Western Asia historically inhabiting the Armenian highlands, were long believed to be descendants of Phrygian settlers from the Balkans. This theory originated largely from the accounts of the Greek historian Herodotus, who observed that Armenians were armed in Phrygian fashion when…

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