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The south Congo Basin was critical to Bantu settlement of south central Africa

2026-08-19

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South central Africa, between the Congo Basin, the Great Lakes, and southern Africa, has long served as a corridor for human movement. Yet, it remains unclear whether there is genetic continuity between pre-Iron Age foragers and later Bantu-associated populations and whether the settlement of this region reflects multiple Bantu-associated migrations rather than the simpler serial founder model suggested by existin...

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Literature Corpus work: 25021674-9dce-5ca2-8fac-f8464f46e2cf
DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.14.741591

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