Mixture and migration brought food production to sub-Saharan Africa
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 17:01
in Biology & Nature
A new interdisciplinary study reports on 20 newly sequenced ancient genomes from sub-Saharan Africa, including the first genomes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, and Uganda. The study documents the coexistence, movements, interactions and admixture of diverse human groups during the spread of food production in sub-Saharan Africa.