Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations.
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| Title: | Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations. |
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| Authors: | van de Loosdrecht, Marieke (AUTHOR), Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil (AUTHOR), Humphrey, Louise (AUTHOR), Posth, Cosimo (AUTHOR), Barton, Nick (AUTHOR), Aximu-Petri, Ayinuer (AUTHOR), Nickel, Birgit (AUTHOR), Nagel, Sarah (AUTHOR), Hassan Talbi, El (AUTHOR), Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Mohammed (AUTHOR), Amzazi, Saaïd (AUTHOR), Hublin, Jean-Jacques (AUTHOR), Pääbo, Svante (AUTHOR), Schiffels, Stephan (AUTHOR), Meyer, Matthias (AUTHOR), Haak, Wolfgang (AUTHOR), Jeong, Choongwon (AUTHOR), Krause, Johannes (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Science (pre-March 2025). 5/4/2018, Vol. 360 Issue 6388, p548-552. 5p. 2 Graphs, 2 Maps. |
| Subjects: | Pleistocene Epoch, Genomics, Human gene mapping, Holocene Epoch, Paleolithic Period |
| Geographic Terms: | Africa, Eurasia |
| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00368075 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aar8380 |
