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Whole-Genome Sequencing in Galicia Reveals Male-Biased Pre-Islamic North African Ancestry, Subtle Population Structure, and Microgeographic Patterns of Disease Risk. [PDF]
FASEB JWhole genome sequencing of Galicians (GALOMICS; 17.2 M variants) reveals a genetic landscape consistent with broader Iberian patterns, characterized by only five clusters. Phylogenetic analyses indicate recent divergence and mild regional inbreeding.
Pardo-Seco J +7 more
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, 2020 Abstract Berber languages are a close-knit language group within Afro-Asiatic. In Berber scientific and political discourse, there is a tendency to play down the differences, and often Berber is represented as one single language with only some superficial regional variation. Berber dialectology is predominantly synchronic.
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2005 The Island of Jerba has a long demographic history that is related to its central position in the Mediterranean Sea. The island was in contact with different civilizations and its population is heterogeneous (Arabs, Berbers, black Africans and Jews).We ...
Franz Manni +9 more
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An Odontometric Investigation of Canary Islander Origins
Dental Anthropology, 2004 Attempts by anthropologists to account for the peopling of the Canary Islands have led to theories that call for one, two, and even four immigration events.
Joel D. Irish, Brian E. Hemphill
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Diversité génétique de l’allèle O dans des populations berbères
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2005 We analysed the O allele polymorphism in a sample of 33 Berbers from the Siwa population, all of them of phenotype O and unrelated to one another. The results show an important genetic diversity considering the limited number of individuals under study ...
Silvayn Amory +5 more
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De l’archipel berbère au Grand jeu saharien
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2021 The settlement, conversion to Islam and economic growth of oases in the Northern Sahara are commonly attributed to Berbers who supported the Ṣufrī or Ibāḍī sectarian movements.
Cyrille Aillet
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Les réseaux transsahariens de la traite de l’or et des esclaves au haut Moyen Âge : VIIIe-XIe siècle
L’Année du Maghreb, 2011 The trans-Saharan gold and slave trade developed between the eighth and eleventh centuries, under the leadership of Ibadi Berbers. Berbers set up a large “schismatic screen” by creating large commercial cities: such as Zawîla, Wârgla, Tâhert, Sijilmâsa ...
Roger Botte
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SOME BERBER ETYMOLOGIES X [PDF]
Lingua Posnaniensis, 2013 Abstract My series “Some Berber Etymologies” is to gradually reveal the still unknown immense Afro-Asiatic heritage in the Berber lexical stock. The first part with some miscellaneous Berber etymologies was published back in 1996. Recently, I continued the series according to initial root consonants1 in course of my research for the volumes of the
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Annals of Human Biology, 2019 Background: In Algeria, as in all North Africa, Berbers constitute the old background of the population. Today, Berber speakers account for only ∼ 25% of Algerians.
Hocine Badache +4 more
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Ethnozoology among the Berbers: pre-Islamic practices survive in the Rif (northwestern Africa)
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021 Background Ethnozoological knowledge is less documented than ethnobotanical. With this field study, we aim to record and analyze the Riffian Berber knowledge about the use of animals in traditional human and veterinary medicine.
Aymane Budjaj +2 more
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