posted Wang, K., Bleasdale, M., Le Moyne, C. et al. 4000-year-old hair from the Middle Nile highlights unusual ancient DNA degradation pattern and a potential source of early eastern Africa pastoralists. Sci Rep 12, 20939 (2022).
Our population genetic analysis of this hair sample from northern Sudan reveals a close genetic affinity of the Kerma period individual to early pastoralists from the Rift Valley in eastern Africa. Drawing on this evidence, as well as previously published proteomic evidence of dietary proteins extracted from the dental calculus of this individual, we conclude that our sample (“Sudan_Kadruka1_4000BP”) represents one of the earliest and most northerly ancient pastoralist populations to have been genetically characterised in Africa to date, as well as potentially a genetic source population for one of the earliest prehistoric pastoralist dispersals into eastern Africa.
Yatunde Lisa Bey Member # 22253
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I don't know how good this analysis but it's interesting...
Another analysis of the components of KDR001 sample
Components analysis of Kadruka sample No. KDR001 From northern Sudan at the age of 4000 years ago From the study of Wang et al. 2022
BrandonP Member # 3735
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I wonder if predynastic Upper Egyptian genomes will bear any resemblance to this Kerma-period genome from Kadruka. We know that remains from Kerma are among those “Nubian” samples which resemble predynastic Upper Egyptians at least on the cranial level. Would be interesting to see if the future aDNA data will say the same thing as the cranial research.
Djehuti Member # 6698
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^ Indeed, the predynastic Naqada folk who are the forebears of pharaonic culture show close cranial affinities to Kerma folk both metrically and non-metrically.
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What does this say about the Naqada people then?
Doug M Member # 7650
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: ^ Indeed, the predynastic Naqada folk who are the forebears of pharaonic culture show close cranial affinities to Kerma folk both metrically and non-metrically.
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What does this say about the Naqada people then?
It says that they were literally "Nubians" in every sense of the word as the name of the town in ancient times was "Nubt", based on the word for gold. And it was named that because it was an ancient gold trading center which would mean the people of the town were gold traders, with many of the gold mines being in the eastern desert and to the south as part of a network of caravans. So that makes them gold traders or "Nubians" which is part of the wealth that help establish the kingdom and also connected them to other parts of the Nile to the South. Obviously nothing to do with the idea of "Nubia" meaning "black" because that is not what the term "nub" means in heiroglyphs.
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