Editing Demographics of Jordan (section)

=== Genetics ===
Bahri et al. (2011) observed that the Jordanians have a genetic profile that is Arabian Semitic, despite the succession of several civilizations in Jordan. They have a common origin in Mesopotamia and are not too genetically dissimilar from the peoples of the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[North Africa]], who respectively have a common origin in Arabia and North Africa.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bahri |first1=Raoudha |last2=Moncer |first2=Wifak El |last3=Al-Batayneh |first3=Khalid |last4=Sadiq |first4=May |last5=Esteban |first5=Esther |last6=Moral |first6=Pedro |last7=Chaabani |first7=Hassen |date=2012 |title=Genetic differentiation and origin of the Jordanian population: an analysis of Alu insertion polymorphisms |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22106835/ |journal=Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers |volume=16 |issue=5 |pages=324–329 |doi=10.1089/gtmb.2011.0197 |pmid=22106835 |via=NCBI |access-date=2024-02-01 |archive-date=2024-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201051923/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22106835/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Zanetti et al. (2014) discovered significant genetic differentiation between general Jordanians and Bedouin Arabs. General Jordanians were more similar to other Middle Eastern populations whilst Bedouin Arabs were more similar to North Africans. However, the Bedouin Arabs played a significant role in the "peopling" of Jordan, both in the past and present.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zanetti |first1=Daniela |last2=Sadiq |first2=May |last3=Carreras-Torres |first3=Robert |last4=Khabour |first4=Omar |last5=Alkaraki |first5=Almuthanna |last6=Esteban |first6=Esther |last7=Via |first7=Marc |last8=Moral |first8=Pedro |date=2014 |title=Human diversity in Jordan: polymorphic Alu insertions in general Jordanian and Bedouin groups |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25397703/ |journal=Human Biology |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=131–138 |doi=10.3378/027.086.0201 |pmid=25397703 |hdl=2445/128482 |via=NCBI |hdl-access=free |access-date=2024-02-01 |archive-date=2024-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201051923/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25397703/ |url-status=live }}</ref>