Ancestors of African Pygmies and neighboring farmers separated around 60,000 years ago
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 05:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
All African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago, according to an international study led by researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. The research, published April 10 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, concludes that the ancestors of present-day African Pygmies and farmers separated ~60,000 years ago.