Friday, October 9, 2015

France 24 — Out of Africa, and back: ancient skeleton reveals vast Eurasian migration

Up to a quarter of the western Eurasian population migrating into Africa: the suggestion may startle readers accustomed to migrants heading the other way, but scientists argue that is precisely what happened some 3,000 years ago.…

This means that modern-day migrants from East Africa crossing the Mediterranean to Europe could in fact encounter distant cousins whose ancestors went the opposite way thousands of years ago.
Oh, the irony.

France 24 — Culture
Out of Africa, and back: ancient skeleton reveals vast Eurasian migration

2 comments:

Matt Franko said...

"skeleton reveals vast" ???????

Tom Hickey said...

DNA testing made possible by recovery the remains from which DNA could be gathered.