"King Tut' belonged to a genetic profile group, known as haplogroup R1b1a2, to which more than 50 per cent of all men in Western Europe belong, indicating that they share a common ancestor.
"Among modern-day Egyptians this haplogroup contingent is below 1 per cent, according to iGENEA.
"Around 70 per cent of Spanish and 60 per cent of French men also belong to the genetic group of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. 'We think the common ancestor lived in the Caucasus about 9,500 years ago,' said Scholz."
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