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Ancient Ethiopia genome reveals extensive Eurasian admixture in Eastern Africa.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
ISSN
0036-8075
Abstract
Characterizing genetic diversity in Africa is a crucial step for most analyses reconstructing the evolutionary history of anatomically modern humans. However, historic migrations from Eurasia into Africa have affected many contemporary populations, confounding inferences. Here, we present a 12.5× coverage ancient genome of an Ethiopian male (“Mota”) who lived approximately 4500 years ago. We use this genome to demonstrate that the Eurasian backflow into Africa came from a population closely related to Early Neolithic farmers, who had colonized Europe 4000 years earlier.
Language
en_US
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Recommended Citation
Gallego Llorente, M., Jones, E.R., Eriksson, A., Siska, V., Arthur, K.W., Arthur, J.W., … Manica, A. (2015). Ancient Ethiopia genome reveals extensive Eurasian admixture in Eastern Africa. Science 350(6262), 820-822. DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2879
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Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Science 350(6262), 820-822. DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2879.