Genetic Diversity in Africa

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A Geographic Map of Africa. Source: XXXX

Ethnolinguistic Map of Africa. Source: XXXX

Discuss projects focused on African and African American history.

South Africa

San rock art painting from the Kamberg Valley, Drakensberg, Kia-Zulu-Natal, South Africa. Source: https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/south_africa/san_rock_art/index.php

Ethiopia

Diversity of ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia. Source: XXXX

The African Diaspora

Map of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Source: XXXX

Ancient Nubia

Relief from the temple of Beit el-Wali, Lower Nubia. Source: British Museum, London.

Publications

Chen Y-S, Olckers A, Schurr TG, Kogelnik A, Huoponen K, Wallace DC. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the southern African Kung and Khwe, and their genetic relationships to other African populations. Am J Hum Genet 66(4):1362-1383.  Link

Schurr TG, Donham BP, Morreale SC, Panter-Brick C, Donham DL, Armelagos GJ, Wallace DC. 2005. Genetic diversity in modern African populations: Its use for reconstructing ancient and modern population movements. In: Reed D, editor. Biomolecular Archeology: Genetic Approaches to Reconstructing the Past. Carbondale: Center for Archeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 32, Southern Illinois University Press, pp. 169-207. Link

Behar DM, Villems R, Soodyall H, Blue-Smith J, Perriera L, Metspalu E, Scozzari R, Makkan H, Comas D, Bertranpetit J, Quintana-Murci L, Tyler-Smith C, Wells RS, Rosset S, The Genographic Consortium. 2008. The dawn of matrilineal diversity. Am J Hum Genet 82:1130-1140.  Link

Fleskes RE, Bruwelheide KS, West FL, Owsley DW, Griffiths DR, Barc KG, Cabana GS, Schurr TG. 2019. Ancient DNA and bioarcheological perspectives on European and African diversity and relationships on the colonial Delaware frontier. Am J Phys Anthropol 170(2):232-245.  Link

Fleskes RE, Ofunniyin AA, Gilmore J, Poplin E, Abel S, Juarez C, Bueschgen W, Butler N, Mishoe G, Oubré L, Cabana G, Schurr TG. 2021. Bioarcheological and genetic analysis of Anson Street burials and the legacy of slavery in Charleston, SC. Am J Phys Anthropol 175(1):3-24. Link 

Zimmerman KP, Schurr TG, Chen W-M, Nayak U, Mychaleckyj JC, Quet Q, Moultire LH, Divers J, Keene KL, Kamen DL, Gilkeson GS, Hunt KJ, Sprulli IJ, Fernandes JK, Aldrich MA, Reich D, Garvey WT, Langefeld CD, Sale MM, Ramos PS. 2021. Genetic landscape of Gullah African Americans. Am J Phys Anthropol 175:905-919.  Link

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