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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations |
Author: | Van De Loosdrecht, M. Bouzouggar, A. Humphrey, L. Posth, C. Barton, N. Aximu-Petri, A. Nickel, B. Nagel, S. Talbi, E.H. El Hajraoui, M.A. Amzazi, S. Hublin, J.J. Pääbo, S. Schiffels, S. Meyer, M. Haak, W. Jeong, C. Krause, J. |
Citation: | Science, 2018; 360(6388):548-552 |
Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Marieke van de Loosdrecht, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Louise Humphrey, Cosimo Posth, Nick Barton, Ayinuer Aximu-Petri, Birgit Nickel, Sarah Nagel, El Hassan Talbi, Mohammed Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Saaïd Amzazi, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Svante Pääbo, Stephan Schiffels, Matthias Meyer, Wolfgang Haak, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause |
Abstract: | North Africa is a key region for understanding human history, but the genetic history of its people is largely unknown. We present genomic data from seven 15,000-year-old modern humans, attributed to the Iberomaurusian culture, from Morocco. We find a genetic affinity with early Holocene Near Easterners, best represented by Levantine Natufians, suggesting a pre-agricultural connection between Africa and the Near East. We do not find evidence for gene flow from Paleolithic Europeans to Late Pleistocene North Africans. The Taforalt individuals derive one-third of their ancestry from sub-Saharan Africans, best approximated by a mixture of genetic components preserved in present-day West and East Africans. Thus, we provide direct evidence for genetic interactions between modern humans across Africa and Eurasia in the Pleistocene. |
Keywords: | North African Genome |
Rights: | © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works http://www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuseThis is an article distributed under the terms of the Science Journals Default License. |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.aar8380 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aar8380 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Australian Centre for Ancient DNA publications |
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