New insights into the transatlantic slave trade on African ancestry in the Americas
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 04:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Transatlantic Slave Trade transported more than 9 million Africans to the Americas between the early 16th and the mid-19th centuries. In the past decade, scientists have utilized extensive genomic analyses to better understand the patterns of African-American ancestry in today's populations, and help reconstruct the past by taking into consideration the complex geographical and geopolitical history of the Slave Trade.