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02-04-2014, 07:49 PM
Mankind’s migratory U-turn: Europeans returned to Africa 3,000 years ago, tribal DNA reveals
Researchers analysed DNA of isolated Khoisan tribes in southern Africa
Some genes closely match people from modern-day southern Europe
Scientists claim European DNA made its way into the Khoisan DNA 900 to 1800 years ago, before known European contact with region
Further evidence suggests a subset of Khoisan, known as the Khoe-Kwadi speakers, arrived in southern Africa from East Africa 2,200 years ago
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 15:24 GMT, 4 February 2014 | UPDATED: 15:27 GMT, 4 February 2014
When humans first left Africa some 60,000 years ago, they went on to leave their genetic footprints around the world.
These same footprints have revealed that some humans decided to return to Africa, carrying genes from the rest of the world back to the continent.
Now a new study of southern African genes reveals that a previously unknown migration took western Eurasian DNA back to continent 3,000 years ago.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2551543/Mankind-s-migratory-U-turn-Humans-returned-Africa-3-000-years-ago-tribal-DNA-reveals.html#ixzz2sO9MB2Dq
Researchers analysed DNA of isolated Khoisan tribes in southern Africa
Some genes closely match people from modern-day southern Europe
Scientists claim European DNA made its way into the Khoisan DNA 900 to 1800 years ago, before known European contact with region
Further evidence suggests a subset of Khoisan, known as the Khoe-Kwadi speakers, arrived in southern Africa from East Africa 2,200 years ago
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 15:24 GMT, 4 February 2014 | UPDATED: 15:27 GMT, 4 February 2014
When humans first left Africa some 60,000 years ago, they went on to leave their genetic footprints around the world.
These same footprints have revealed that some humans decided to return to Africa, carrying genes from the rest of the world back to the continent.
Now a new study of southern African genes reveals that a previously unknown migration took western Eurasian DNA back to continent 3,000 years ago.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2551543/Mankind-s-migratory-U-turn-Humans-returned-Africa-3-000-years-ago-tribal-DNA-reveals.html#ixzz2sO9MB2Dq