# The rumor of Canaanite deaths greatly exaggerated.

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**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rumor-of-canaanite-deaths-greatly-exaggerated/792294 "2017-07-27T23:29:39Z")\
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[Scientists sequence the full genomes](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/ancient-dna-counters-biblical-account-mysterious-canaanites) of 5 3,700 year old Canaanite skeletons, discover that they were slightly less genocided than the OT claims, have million of descendants today.

(Yet another groundbreaking story from the pages of the medical journal, _DUH_.)