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SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Santos M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4607521 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
González-Santos Miguel M Montinaro Francesco F Oosthuizen Ockie O Oosthuizen Erica E Busby George B J GB Anagnostou Paolo P Destro-Bisol Giovanni G Pascali Vincenzo V Capelli Cristian C
Genome biology and evolution 20150911 9
The expansion of Bantu-speaking agropastoralist populations had a great impact on the genetic, linguistic, and cultural variation of sub-Saharan Africa. It is generally accepted that Bantu languages originated in an area around the present border between Cameroon and Nigeria approximately 5,000 years ago, from where they spread South and East becoming the largest African linguistic branch. The demic consequences of this event are reflected in the relatively high genetic homogeneity observed acro ...[more]