New Mycenaean reconstruction proves that they were in fact a ‘northern’ type of people. But how does it conflict with Mycenaean genetic studies?

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Here’s reconstruction of the Mycenaean girl,
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But genetic studies on Mycenaean samples suggest that they were closest to modern Greeks and southern Italians, and to a lesser-extent, even some Levantine groups would score quite close,
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But the reconstruction does not represent the results of these genetic studies at all. The girl does not look like a typical Greek or southern Italian, and CERTAINLY not a Levantine..
I am aware that there are some Greeks and other Mediterraneans who may look alike her phenotype. But she looks more generally ‘northern/western’ (Irish, English, Scottish, and perhaps French). Not much like the average medcel. And what are the odds that they just so ‘happened’ to ‘coincidentally’ find the 2/15 Greek with these northern features.. doesn’t seem likely.
Very conflicting studies from both ends, and I don’t know which to believe.
 
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So one of the studies have to be fake.
Is it the genetic studies, or the reconstruction of the girl?
 

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