Showing posts with label Berbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berbers. Show all posts
October 25, 2012

Instantaneous vs. continuous admixture dynamics (Jin et al. 2012)

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A new paper in AJHG discusses the distribution of chromosomal segments of distinct ancestry (CSDAs) under three different models of admixt...
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January 13, 2012

Back to (North) Africa (Henn et al. 2012)

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A great new paper has just appeared, presenting new data, new conclusions about African prehistory, and new methodologies. I'll have to ...
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January 02, 2012

Activity patterns of Garamantes

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A different paper on cranial nonmetric traits from the same team and on the same population (Garamantes). From the current paper: The ...
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December 23, 2011

Cranial nonmetric traits of Garamantes

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Am J Phys Anthropol DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21645 Sahara: Barrier or corridor? Nonmetric cranial traits and biological affinities of North Afri...
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November 27, 2009

Y chromosomes of Andalusians from Huelva

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Annals of Human Biology The Andalusian population from Huelva reveals a high diversification of Y-DNA paternal lineages from haplogroup E: I...
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May 20, 2009

mtDNA of Libyan Tuaregs

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The sample consisted of haplogroups H1, V, M1, and an assortment of African L subclades. From the paper: Of note is that the other Tuareg sa...
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December 03, 2008

mtDNA of Berbers from Morocco and Egypt

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Annals of Human Genetics doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00493.x The Complex and Diversified Mitochondrial Gene Pool of Berber Populations C....
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December 28, 2005

Reproductive isolates in Jerba Island

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Am J Hum Biol. 2005 Dec 25;18(1):149-153 [Epub ahead of print] Islands Inside an Island: Reproductive Isolates on Jerba Island. Loueslati B...
June 01, 2005

Lactase persistence in Africans and non-Africans

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I had also posted before about lactose tolerance in Berbers. Interestingly: While the current distribution of lactase persistence in Eurasi...
April 21, 2005

Y-chromosome Lineages from Portugal, Madeira and Açores

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A very interesting new paper on Portuguese Y-chromosomes. Three important conclusions are derived from the study of Sub-Saharan African, E3b...
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April 05, 2005

Lactose tolerance gene supports a Eurasian origin of Berber populations

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A new study lends further support in the Eurasian origin of the Berbers. This further explains their Caucasoid racial character and argues a...
March 25, 2005

Saami and Berbers

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An excellent new paper on mtDNA haplogroup phylogenetics: An age of ~60 ky indicates that haplogroup U arose very soon after the "out o...
November 30, 2004

Phylogenetic systematics and the existence of human "races"

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In phylogenetic systematics one of the necessary preconditions for the recognition of a taxon is its monophyletic status. In other words, m...