Compared with the rest of the African continent, North Africa has provided limited genomic
data. Nonetheless, the genetic data available show a complex demographic scenario …

Abstract The Sahel/Savannah belt of Africa is a contact zone between two subsistence
systems (nomadic pastoralism and sedentary farming) and of two groups of populations …

Genome-wide studies of African populations have the potential to reveal powerful insights
into the evolution of our species, as these diverse populations have been exposed to …

Despite being enclosed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert, North
Africa has been the scenario of multiple human migrations that have shaped the genetic …

Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup L2 originated in Western Africa but is
nowadays spread across the entire continent. L2 movements were previously postulated to …

Objectives Archeological evidence shows that first nomadic pastoralists came to the African
Sahel from northeastern Sahara, where milking is reported by~ 7.5 ka. A second wave of …

Background Dietary changes associated to shifts in subsistence strategies during human
evolution may have induced new selective pressures on phenotypes, as currently held for …

Abstract Background Today, African pastoralists are found mainly in the Sahel/Savannah
belt spanning 6,000 km from west to east, flanked by the Sahara to the north and tropical …

The various genetic systems (mitochondrial DNA, the Y-chromosome and the genome-wide
autosomes) indicate that Africa is the most genetically diverse continent in the world and the …

Determining the timing, identity and direction of migrations in the Mediterranean Basin, the
role of “migratory routes” in and among regions of Africa, Europe and Asia, and the effects of …