The African continent harbors a high level of human genetic diversity. The African genetic
landscape was shaped by numerous migrations, admixture events and selective …

The transatlantic slave trade (TAST) was the largest forced migration in human history.
Between the 15th and the 19th century, around twelve million Africans were forcibly …

Abstract The Sahara Desert has acted as a barrier to human gene-flow between the
northern and central parts of Africa since its aridification. Nonetheless, some contacts …

Africa is the birthplace of anatomically modern humans, and is the geographic origin of
human migration across the globe within the last 100,000 years. The history of African …

According to historical records of transatlantic slavery, traders forcibly deported an estimated
12.5 million people from ports along the Atlantic coastline of Africa between the 16th and …

The Transatlantic Slave Trade transported more than 9 million Africans to the Americas
between the early 16th and the mid-19th centuries (Gouveia et al. 2020). In the past decade …

Since the origins of humankind, North Africa has been involved in many demographic
events, leading to a heterogeneous cultural and genetic landscape. However, it is largely …

More than 10 million enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas between 1500 and
1900. Recent genetic studies investigate regional African ancestry components in present …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is the most promising region of the world to conduct high-
throughput studies to unveil adaptations to infectious diseases due to several reasons …

An archaeological excavation in Valle da Gafaria (Lagos, Portugal), revealed two
contiguous burial places outside the medieval city walls, dating from the 15th–17th centuries …