Genetic History and Identity: The Case of Turkey
Journal: Medieval Worlds
Year: 2016

With the rise of genetic studies of human history over the last two decades, criticism has arisen among the disciplines traditionally concerned with this subject, i.e. anthropology, archaeology and history. This criticism is concerned with the biological construct of historical communities â whether they be called tribes, (ethnic) groups, migrants or populations â that neglects decades of scholarly discourse on these matters by transferring these entities into primarily biological spheres. T