The genetic origins of Saint Helena’s liberated Africans
Marcela Sandoval‐Velasco, Anuradha Jagadeesan, María C. Ávila‐Arcos, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Jazmín Ramos‐Madrigal, J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar, Gabriel Renaud, Diana Ivette Cruz Dávalos, Erna Johannesdóttir, Judy Watson, Kate Robson-Brown, Andrew Pearson, Agnar Helgason, Marcus Thomas P. Gilbert, Hannes Schroeder
The paper uses ancient DNA analysis of 20 individuals from St Helena to determine the genetic origins of liberated Africans, finding they came from West Central Africa and were culturally diverse.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2019 · PreprintGenomics