Posted on 10/08/2015 1:15:06 PM PDT by Theoria
Scientists say they have extracted ancient DNA from the skull of a man buried in the highlands of Ethiopia 4,500 years ago that supports the theory that Eurasian farmers migrated into Africa some 3,000 years ago.
This Stone Age resettlement had previously been theorized, but the rare find allowed scientists to see what DNA looked like well before the time the migration would have taken place. A comparison with modern populations around the world allowed them to see that the migrants left their genetic mark in the furthest corners of Africa.
"This is the first ancient human genome found in Africa to have been sequenced," said Marcos Gallego Llorente, a geneticist at the University of Cambridge and member of the international team of researchers whose findings were published Thursday in the journal Science.
Previously, scientists had only been able to sequence DNA from samples found in northern and arctic regions, because the climate there allows genetic material to survive for longer. In 2011, archaeologists with the help of local people discovered a cave containing the bones of a man - dubbed Mota - who died around 2,500 BC and from whose temporal bone they managed to extract intact DNA.
By comparing this ancient DNA with modern samples, researchers were able to map genetic changes that have taken place in the past 4,500 years. They found that East African populations now have as much as a quarter Eurasian ancestry, while those in the far west and south of the continent still have at least 5 percent of their genome from Eurasian migrants.
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Sheba, ping.
Now that DNA has been decoded it has been pretty well establisbed that sub Saharan Africans did not get the DNA mix everyone else got from mixing Neanderthals and Cro Mags.
The Out Of Africa theory has been proven false.
Whats fascinating is the political aspect of the recent findings: stuff that does fit the leftist narrative goes down tbe memory hole fast.
Migrated 3000 years ago, but skull is 4500 years old?
Looks confusing.
Ancient Skull and Bones society; they carried the skull with them.
They had a flourishing society and were on the verge of developing high technology until their village was overrun by teens
They had Amish back then too? Ya don't say!
“Migrated 3000 years ago, but skull is 4500 years old?
Looks confusing.”
Not when you know your Common Core like I do!
Hot damm! I went through high school before common core was invented!
I had to go back and take remedial Common Core so I could tutor my niece. Who knew readin, writin and rithmatic could be so darn hard!
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