Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast

Simple item page
dc.citation.firstpage866en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleNatureen_US
dc.citation.lastpage873en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber615en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrielle, Esther S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFleisher, Jeffreyen_US
dc.contributor.authorWynne-Jones, Stephanieen_US
dc.contributor.authorSirak, Kendraen_US
dc.contributor.authorBroomandkhoshbacht, Nasreenen_US
dc.contributor.authorCallan, Kimen_US
dc.contributor.authorCurtis, Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorIliev, Loraen_US
dc.contributor.authorLawson, Ann Marieen_US
dc.contributor.authorOppenheimer, Jonasen_US
dc.contributor.authorQiu, Lijunen_US
dc.contributor.authorStewardson, Kristinen_US
dc.contributor.authorWorkman, J. Noahen_US
dc.contributor.authorZalzala, Fatmaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAyodo, Georgeen_US
dc.contributor.authorGidna, Agness O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKabiru, Angelaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKwekason, Amandusen_US
dc.contributor.authorMabulla, Audax Z. P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorManthi, Fredrick K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNdiema, Emmanuelen_US
dc.contributor.authorOgola, Christineen_US
dc.contributor.authorSawchuk, Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorAl-Gazali, Lihadhen_US
dc.contributor.authorAli, Bassam R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBen-Salem, Salmaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLetellier, Thierryen_US
dc.contributor.authorPierron, Denisen_US
dc.contributor.authorRadimilahy, Chantalen_US
dc.contributor.authorRakotoarisoa, Jean-Aiméen_US
dc.contributor.authorRaaum, Ryan L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCulleton, Brendan J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMallick, Swapanen_US
dc.contributor.authorRohland, Nadinen_US
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Nicken_US
dc.contributor.authorMwenje, Mohammed Alien_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Khalfan Binien_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Mohamed Mchullaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Sloan R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMonge, Janeten_US
dc.contributor.authorKusimba, Sibelen_US
dc.contributor.authorPrendergast, Mary E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorReich, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorKusimba, Chapurukha M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T14:48:20Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-04-25T14:48:20Zen_US
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.description.abstractThe urban peoples of the Swahili coast traded across eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean and were among the first practitioners of Islam among sub-Saharan people1,2. The extent to which these early interactions between Africans and non-Africans were accompanied by genetic exchange remains unknown. Here we report ancient DNA data for 80 individuals from 6 medieval and early modern (ad 1250–1800) coastal towns and an inland town after ad 1650. More than half of the DNA of many of the individuals from coastal towns originates from primarily female ancestors from Africa, with a large proportion—and occasionally more than half—of the DNA coming from Asian ancestors. The Asian ancestry includes components associated with Persia and India, with 80–90% of the Asian DNA originating from Persian men. Peoples of African and Asian origins began to mix by about ad 1000, coinciding with the large-scale adoption of Islam. Before about ad 1500, the Southwest Asian ancestry was mainly Persian-related, consistent with the narrative of the Kilwa Chronicle, the oldest history told by people of the Swahili coast3. After this time, the sources of DNA became increasingly Arabian, consistent with evidence of growing interactions with southern Arabia4. Subsequent interactions with Asian and African people further changed the ancestry of present-day people of the Swahili coast in relation to the medieval individuals whose DNA we sequenced.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrielle, Esther S., Fleisher, Jeffrey, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie, et al.. "Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast." <i>Nature,</i> 615, (2023) Springer Nature: 866-873. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05754-w.en_US
dc.identifier.digitals41586-023-05754-wen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05754-wen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114852en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.rightsThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.en_US
dc.titleEntwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coasten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpublisher versionen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
s41586-023-05754-w.pdf
Size:
9.48 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Collections
Faculty Publications
Anthropology Publications