She added that the use of BCE and CE is for the sake of historical accuracy because Jesus was not actually born in 1 AD, and the dating system was invented around 500 years after his birth.

BCE and CE are simply more vague versions of BC and AD—they don't change the religious roots of the calendar system, they simply hide them by removing historical context.

A new study analyzes genome-wide data for 111 ancient individuals spanning the Central Asian Steppe from the first millennia BCE and CE.