Social stratification without genetic differentiation at the site of Kulubnarti in Christian Period Nubia

Little is known about the genetic landscape of people living in the Nile region prior to the Islamic migrations of the late 1st millennium CE. Here, the authors report genome-wide data for 66 ancient individuals to investigate the genetic ancestry of a Christian Period group from Kulubnarti.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kendra A. Sirak, Daniel M. Fernandes, Mark Lipson, Swapan Mallick, Matthew Mah, Iñigo Olalde, Harald Ringbauer, Nadin Rohland, Carla S. Hadden, Éadaoin Harney, Nicole Adamski, Rebecca Bernardos, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Kimberly Callan, Matthew Ferry, Ann Marie Lawson, Megan Michel, Jonas Oppenheimer, Kristin Stewardson, Fatma Zalzala, Nick Patterson, Ron Pinhasi, Jessica C. Thompson, Dennis Van Gerven, David Reich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27356-8