{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "e25c443cc2a84c89b1642a768afa88b0", "timestamp": "2026-07-11T05:20:43.805Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/e25c443cc2a84c89b1642a768afa88b0.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/e25c443cc2a84c89b1642a768afa88b0"}}, "title": "BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups.", "authors": [{"family": "Breton", "given": "Gwenna", "initials": "G", "orcid": "0000-0002-4100-9963", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/757353d5314b4c20ac2ef4833dd207d9.json"}}, {"family": "Barham", "given": "Lawrence", "initials": "L"}, {"family": "Mudenda", "given": "George", "initials": "G"}, {"family": "Soodyall", "given": "Himla", "initials": "H"}, {"family": "Schlebusch", "given": "Carina M", "initials": "CM", "orcid": "0000-0002-8160-9621", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/682f10853c1145649b8c76680605dd9b.json"}}, {"family": "Jakobsson", "given": "Mattias", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0001-7840-7853", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/8a4abe0fcb20492d9ec849c9fbf58a71.json"}}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2024-08-24", "journal": {"title": "Nat Commun", "issn": "2041-1723", "volume": "15", "issue": "1", "pages": "7307", "issn-l": "2041-1723"}, "abstract": "Sub-equatorial Africa is today inhabited predominantly by Bantu-speaking groups of Western African descent who brought agriculture to the Luangwa valley in eastern Zambia ~2000 years ago. Before their arrival the area was inhabited by hunter-gatherers, who in many cases were subsequently replaced, displaced or assimilated. In Zambia, we know little about the genetic affinities of these hunter-gatherers. We examine ancestry of two isolated communities in Zambia, known as BaTwa and possible descendants of recent hunter-gatherers. We genotype over two million genome-wide SNPs from two BaTwa populations (total of 80 individuals) and from three comparative farming populations to: (i) determine if the BaTwa carry genetic links to past hunter-gatherer-groups, and (ii) characterise the genetic affinities of past Zambian hunter-gatherer-groups. The BaTwa populations do harbour a hunter-gatherer-like genetic ancestry and Western African ancestry. The hunter-gatherer component is a unique local signature, intermediate between current-day Khoe-San ancestry from southern Africa and central African rainforest hunter-gatherer ancestry.", "doi": "10.1038/s41467-024-50733-y", "pmid": "39181874", "labels": {"NGI Uppsala (SNP&SEQ Technology Platform)": "Service", "NGI SNP genotyping": "Service", "National Genomics Infrastructure": "Service", "Clinical Genomics Gothenburg": "Collaborative", "Bioinformatics Support for Computational Resources": "Service", "Clinical Genomics": "Collaborative"}, "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC11344834"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1038/s41467-024-50733-y"}], "notes": [], "created": "2024-10-21T11:15:04.878Z", "modified": "2024-11-25T10:17:25.391Z"}