Bantu Expansion: The Evidence from Physical Anthropology Confronted with Linguistic and Archaeological Evidence

Hiernaux, Jean

doi:10.1017/s0021853700009014

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“…Taking this into account, the above gradient is likely to be caused by admixture of the San people, who may be of a great time depth and formerly of a much wider geographical distribution, with other peoples (mainly Bantuspeakers). This scenario, as a whole, agrees with the so-called "Bantu-expansion" model (HIERNAUX, 1968; VAN BAKEL, 1981;EXCOFFIER et al, 1987).…”

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The Bushman Maxillary Canine of the Chewa Tribe in East-Central Africa.

Sakuma

Irish

Morris

1991

Journal of Anthropological Society of Nippon

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The expression of the Bushman Canine dental trait among the Chewa tribe of East-Central Africa is described and compared with that of other African populations. Dental hard stone casts were obtained from 82 males and 76 females, and the trait was scored using the Arizona State University dental plaque system. No significant sexual dimorphism in the occurrence of the trait was found according to the chi-square test. The frequency of the Bushman Canine in the Chewa is markedly lower than that in a sample of San (Bushman) from Botswana. This helps support the view that the San represent either an ancestral or perhaps a different stock of people in comparison to other sub-Saharan Africans. When comparing the Chewa with a Central Sotho sample from South Africa, it appears that a gradient of the trait's frequency exists with decreasing expression from south to north. This gradient is probably caused by admixture between San and other peoples (mainly Bantuspeakers) who may not have originally possessed the trait. These findings agree with the so-called "Bantu-expansion" model proposed by several workers.

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confidence: 81%

The Bushman Maxillary Canine of the Chewa Tribe in East-Central Africa.

Sakuma

Irish

Morris

1991

Journal of Anthropological Society of Nippon

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“…Entrando en materia, diversos estudios lingüísticos, socioantropológicos y genéticos han señalado que los afrodescendientes de San Basilio de Palenque procedieron principalmente del occidente y la costa sur del continente africano, como las poblaciones de habla bantú, Angola, Bengala y Congo, entre otras (26). A su vez, este componente africano constituyó una importante influencia genética en el inicio de la población de Cartagena de Indias (27).…”

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Distribución de tres polimorfismos del gen TSLP en población afrodescendiente de San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia

2012

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Polimorfismos del TSLP en población afrodescendiente Contribución de los autores:Todos los autores participaron por igual en la redacción y producción del manuscrito. ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL Biomédica 2013;33:251- Resultados. El alelo de menor frecuencia para el polimorfismo rs1837253 fue el alelo T (41,9 %), para el rs17551370, el alelo A (14,3 %), y para el rs2289276, el alelo T (22,5 %). La distribución de los polimorfismos rs17551370 y rs2289276 se mantuvo en equilibrio genético de Hardy-Weinberg. Las frecuencias alélicas de cada SNP no mostraron diferencias significativas con las reportadas para poblaciones africanas. Conclusiones. Los tres polimorfismos analizados en el gen TSLP estuvieron presentes en la muestra de población de San Basilio de Palenque y su distribución es similar a la reportada para poblaciones africanas y para poblaciones americanas de ancestro africano.Palabras clave: frecuencia de los genes, afroamericanos, polimorfismo de nucleótido simple, citocinas, endogamia, Colombia.

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“…Pairing linguistic evidence for closely related Bantu languages with archaeological signatures for farming and metalworking, scholars at this time came together to posit a large scale, relatively rapid migration from an origin point in West-Central Africa into eastern and southern Africa (e.g. Posnansky 1961;Guthrie 1962;Oliver 1966;Hiernaux 1968;Huffman 1970Huffman , 1989Soper 1971aSoper , 1971bGreenberg 1972). A glut of archaeological research into the early 1970s marked a period of optimism and excitement as the research landscape of post-independence Africa celebrated one of the continent's great stories.…”

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confidence: 99%