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May 11, 2000
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Jews and several Arab groups may have common ancestors, according to a new study of the Y chromosome. A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences also found that, despite thousands of years in the Diaspora, Israeli men are closer genetically to each other than to the non- Jewish group studied.

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