Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history

Our knowledge of ancient human population structure in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly prior to the advent of food production, remains limited. Here we report genome-wide DNA data from four children—two of whom were buried approximately 8,000 years ago and two 3,000 years ago—from Shum Laka (Camero...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 577; no. 7792; pp. 665 - 670
Main Authors:	Lipson, Mark, Ribot, Isabelle, Mallick, Swapan, Rohland, Nadin, Olalde, Iñigo, Adamski, Nicole, Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen, Lawson, Ann Marie, López, Saioa, Oppenheimer, Jonas, Stewardson, Kristin, Asombang, Raymond Neba’ane, Bocherens, Hervé, Bradman, Neil, Culleton, Brendan J., Cornelissen, Els, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, de Maret, Pierre, Fomine, Forka Leypey Mathew, Lavachery, Philippe, Mindzie, Christophe Mbida, Orban, Rosine, Sawchuk, Elizabeth, Semal, Patrick, Thomas, Mark G., Van Neer, Wim, Veeramah, Krishna R., Kennett, Douglas J., Patterson, Nick, Hellenthal, Garrett, Lalueza-Fox, Carles, MacEachern, Scott, Prendergast, Mary E., Reich, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 30.01.2020 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	45/22 45/23 631/181/19/27 631/181/2474 631/208/457 631/208/728 Alleles Animals Archaeological sites Archaeology Bantu languages Biological research Biology, Experimental Black People - genetics Black People - history Burial Cameroon Child Child, Preschool Chromosomes Chromosomes, Human, Y - genetics Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA, Ancient - analysis Environmental aspects Feeding Behavior - ethnology Female Food and nutrition Food habits Food production Genetic aspects Genetic Markers - genetics Genetics, Population Genome, Human - genetics Genomes Haplotypes - genetics Historic sites Historical structures History, Ancient Human Migration - history Human population structure Human populations Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Hunter-gatherers Language - history Male Mitochondrial DNA multidisciplinary Pan troglodytes - genetics Phylogeny Population Population structure Prehistoric peoples Principal Component Analysis Principal components analysis Science Science (multidisciplinary) Statistics Cameroon Africa Central Africa Ethiopia
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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