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Y-chromosomal variation in sub-Saharan Africa: insights into the history of Niger-Congo groups.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2011
de Filippo Cesare, Barbieri Chiara, Whitten Mark, Mpoloka Sununguko Wata, Gunnarsdóttir Ellen Drofn, Bostoen Koen, Nyambe Terry, Beyer Klaus, Schreiber Henning, de Knijff Peter, Luiselli Donata, Stoneking Mark, Pakendorf Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
Technological and cultural innovations as well as climate changes are thought to have influenced the diffusion of major language phyla in sub-Saharan Africa. The most widespread and the richest in diversity is the Niger-Congo phylum, thought to have originated in West Africa ∼ 10,000 years ago (ya). The expansion of Bantu languages (a family within the Niger-Congo phylum) ∼ 5,000 ya represents a major event in...
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