30 ancient people from Tanzania have had their genome published, from 16,550 BC to AD 1653. Here they are on a map and period by period, with their archaeological cultures and haplogroups.
30ancient individuals
9excavation sites
4published studies
16,550 BColdest individual
Main archaeological groups: Tanzania Swahili (8), Tanzania PastoralN (7), Tanzania PastoralN IA-oForager (3), Tanzania 1300BP (2), Tanzania 1400BP (2). Most frequent Y-DNA lines: E1b (8), B2b (2), J1 (1), J2a (1). Most frequent mtDNA lines: L4b (5), L0a (4), L2a (3), L3d (3), L3e (2), HV1b (1).
Source: Allen Ancient DNA Resource v66 (Mallick et al. 2024), individuals with a date and coordinates; samples the AADR flags as misdated are left out. Group names are those of the original studies. Haplogroups are shown when they could be read from the ancient DNA.
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