DNA from 4,500-year-old Ethiopian reveals surprise about ...
Oct 8, 2015 · When the researchers compared Mota’s genome to those of contemporary humans, the closest match was with the Ari people of southern Ethiopia. With this information, the …
First DNA extracted from an ancient African skeleton shows ...
Oct 8, 2015 · A paper published online this week in Science reveals the first prehistoric genome from Africa: that of Mota, a hunter-gatherer man who lived 4500 years ago in the highlands of …
Mota (island) - Wikipedia
683 people live on Mota [2] in coastal villages around the island. The names of the villages are Liwotqei, Lotawan, Mariu, Tasmate, Garamal, Tuqetap, and Veverao. The population speaks …
Ancient DNA from West Africa Adds to Picture of Humans’ Rise
Jan 22, 2020 · The discovery in 2015 of Mota, an Ethiopian skeleton with DNA to offer, proved otherwise. Geneticists and archaeologists began investigating other skeletons from across …
Back to Africa: Ancient Human Genome Reveals Widespread ...
Oct 8, 2015 · Using Mota man's genes as the best African baseline to date, the international team showed that modern African populations thought to be basically unmixed actually have a …
First Ancient African DNA Sequenced - Archaeology Magazine
Oct 8, 2015 · CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND— Science reports that the first prehistoric genome from Africa has been sequenced. The DNA was obtained from the inner ear bones of a 4,500-year …
Scientists Have Discovered DNA in a 4,500-Year-Old ... - TIME
Oct 9, 2015 · Archaeologists from the University of South Florida recovered the 4,500-year-old skeleton, which they have dubbed Mota, from a cave in the highlands of Ethiopia, the New …