In the Spirit of Sankofa,
DNA analysis traces African slaves back to their roots
... Schroeder and his team analyzed the DNA from teeth recovered from a construction site on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin back in 2010. They then used a different technique known as principal component analysis to compare that DNA with 11 modern West African reference populations. From that, they were able to conclude the individuals most likely came from Bantu-speaking groups in northern Cameroon and non-Bantu-speaking communities living in present-day Nigeria and Ghana ...
Maxilla and mandible of one of the three 17th century skeletons from the Caribbean island of St. Martin showing a common type of African dental modification. Photo: CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-technique-offers-clues-to-origins-of-african-slaves/
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DNA analysis traces African slaves back to their roots
... Schroeder and his team analyzed the DNA from teeth recovered from a construction site on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin back in 2010. They then used a different technique known as principal component analysis to compare that DNA with 11 modern West African reference populations. From that, they were able to conclude the individuals most likely came from Bantu-speaking groups in northern Cameroon and non-Bantu-speaking communities living in present-day Nigeria and Ghana ...
Maxilla and mandible of one of the three 17th century skeletons from the Caribbean island of St. Martin showing a common type of African dental modification. Photo: CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-technique-offers-clues-to-origins-of-african-slaves/
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