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Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast.
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Esther S BrielleDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. ebrielle@fas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6114-0301
Jeffrey Fleisher *Department of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. jfleisher@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-9666
Stephanie Wynne-Jones *Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK. stephanie.wynne-jones@york.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-8647
Kendra SirakDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2347-3479
Nasreen BroomandkhoshbachtDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5350-1608
Kim CallanDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-8514
Elizabeth CurtisDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lora IlievDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ann Marie LawsonDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-2329
Jonas OppenheimerDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lijun QiuDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kristin StewardsonDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
J Noah WorkmanDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-1803
Fatma ZalzalaDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
George AyodoJaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya.
Agness O GidnaNational Museums of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Angela KabiruDepartment of Archaeology, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5115-5414
Amandus KwekasonNational Museums of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Audax Z P MabullaDepartment of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Fredrick K ManthiDepartment of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Emmanuel NdiemaDepartment of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Christine OgolaDepartment of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Elizabeth SawchukCleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-2174
Lihadh Al-GazaliDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Bassam R AliDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-6618
Salma Ben-SalemDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Thierry LetellierLaboratoire Evolution et Santé Orale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Denis PierronLaboratoire Evolution et Santé Orale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Chantal RadimilahyInstitut de Civilisations/Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Jean-Aimé RakotoarisoaInstitut de Civilisations/Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Ryan L RaaumDepartment of Anthropology, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Brendan J CulletonInstitutes of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Swapan MallickDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nadin RohlandDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nick PattersonDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Mohammed Ali MwenjeNational Museums of Kenya, Lamu Museums, Lamu, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1364-0536
Khalfan Bini AhmedCoastal Archaeology, Gede National Monument, Gede, Kenya.
Mohamed Mchulla MohamedCoastal Archaeology, Fort Jesus Museum, Mombasa, Kenya.
Sloan R WilliamsDepartment of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Janet MongeUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sibel KusimbaDepartment of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Mary E PrendergastDepartment of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-6795
David ReichDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. reich@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-5292
Chapurukha M KusimbaDepartment of Archaeology, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. ckusimba@usf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-3475
Funding
Solving ascertainment bias in ancient DNA using Ultima Genomics sequencingR01HG012287 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI REICH, DAVID E · 2021 to 2025
$2.7MNHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG012287
Abstract
The 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 people
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African PeopleAsianGenetics, PopulationArabiaArabsComorosDNA, AncientFemaleHistory, 15th CenturyHistory, 16th CenturyHistory, 17th CenturyHistory, MedievalHumansIndiaIndian OceanKenyaDNA, Ancient
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