Monday, October 21, 2024

Ethiopian Genetics

Razib Khan has a new piece out on Ethiopian genetics in which he analyzes a sample of modern whole genomes and compares those from Ethiopia with those from elsewhere.

Bottom line: Ethiopian genetics are distinct both from sub-Saharan Bantus, Pygmies and Khoi-San, and from the people of the Levant and Southern Europe.

Standardized genetic distance from Ethiopia’s cultural and historically dominant Amhara people.


In a four population ancestry analysis model, Ethiopians have significant Arabian ancestry, but little Iranian or Bantu ancestry.

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