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The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa.
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30 authors at 16 institutions in 11 countries.
Cesar A Fortes-Lima *Human Evolution Program, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9310-5009
Concetta Burgarella *Human Evolution Program, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Rickard Hammarén *Human Evolution Program, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9017-591X
Anders ErikssoncGEM, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0003-3436-3726
Mário VicenteCentre for Palaeogenetics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cecile JollyHuman Evolution Program, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Armando SemoCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Hilde GunninkUGent Centre for Bantu Studies (BantUGent), Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5508-8156
Sara PacchiarottiUGent Centre for Bantu Studies (BantUGent), Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1360-5060
Leon MundekeUniversity of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Igor MatondaUniversity of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Joseph Koni MuluwaInstitut Supérieur Pédagogique de Kikwit, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Peter CoutrosUGent Centre for Bantu Studies (BantUGent), Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4861-6432
Terry S NyambeLivingstone Museum, Livingstone, Zambia.
Justin Cirhuza CikomolaFaculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID 0000-0002-0856-5992
Vinet CoetzeeDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Minique de CastroBiotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa.
Peter EbbesenDepartment of Health Science and Technology, University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark.
Joris DelangheDepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5702-6792
Mark StonekingDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Lawrence BarhamDepartment of Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5474-4668
Marlize LombardPalaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0675-0414
Anja MeyerHuman Variation and Identification Research Unit, School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5275-9276
Maryna SteynHuman Variation and Identification Research Unit, School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Helena MalmströmHuman Evolution Program, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6456-8055
Jorge RochaCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5460-7615
Himla SoodyallDivision of Human Genetics, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Brigitte PakendorfDynamique Du Langage, UMR5596, CNRS & Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Koen BostoenUGent Centre for Bantu Studies (BantUGent), Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2284-6165
Carina M SchlebuschHuman Evolution Program, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. carina.schlebusch@ebc.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-8160-9621
Uppsala University · SEGhent University · BEUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZAUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FRUniversity of Kinshasa · CDAalborg University · DKInstitut Supérieur Pédagogique Technique · CDLeiden University · NLOnderstepoort Veterinary Institute · ZAStockholm University · SEUniversité Catholique de Bukavu · CDUniversity of Johannesburg · ZAUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Pretoria · ZAUniversity of Tartu · EE
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Max Planck Society.Swedish Research CouncilWellcome Trust
Abstract
The expansion of people speaking Bantu languages is the most dramatic demographic event in Late Holocene Africa and fundamentally reshaped the linguistic, cultural and biological landscape of the continent
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DNA, AncientEmigration and ImmigrationGenetics, PopulationLanguageAfrica, WesternDatasets as TopicDemocratic Republic of the CongoFounder EffectGene FlowGenetic VariationGeographic MappingHistory, AncientHumansLinguisticsZambiaDNA, Ancient
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