Genetic history: Searching for the African roots of Noir Marron communities Date: November 2, 2017 Source: CNRS Summary: Scientists have shown that members of Maroon communities in South America ...

Genetic researchers have combined data from existing archaeological and linguistic studies of Africa with human genetic data to shed light on the demographic history of the continent from which ...

A team of European researchers has shed new light on the genetic origins of Papua New Guineans. The team uses advanced ...

Researchers have used genetic analysis to model the much-debated migration paths, and mingling patterns, of Bantu-speaking people as they disseminated across Africa.

Consequently, the genetic history of humans in Africa has, heretofore, had to rely on extrapolations based on the characteristics of very recent populations. The Mota specimen, ...

With genetic information from more than 3,000 people across Africa, scientists are unraveling the history of ... Africa Study Could Aid In Genetic Diseases New research suggests how Africa's ...

Analysis - The Fulani people are Africa’s largest pastoralist group . There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries , from the Atlantic shores of Senegal ...

Africans are more diverse genetically than the inhabitants of the rest of the world combined, according to a sweeping study that carried researchers to remote valleys and mountaintops to sample ...

(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has learned more about the migration history of early Bantu speaking people (BSP) in Africa by conducting a genetic analysis of over 2000 people ...

Mar. 24 -- WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have compiled a mass of detailed DNA information that could help reconstruct the genetic history of humans. "We have investigated ...

Analysis - The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and ...

New study unravels the genetic history of Africa’s largest pastoralist community The Fulani have long intrigued social anthropologists with their complex cultural heritage.