Archaeologists Discover First Ancient African/Asian

In East Africa, archaeologists have been uncovering the ancient Swahili Civilization, which was a prosperous trading state along the coast of East Africa dating back to the 7th century. For 40 years, University of South Florida anthropologist Chapurukha Kusimba has been dedicated to studying the ancestry of those who built the civilization and restoring their heritage. Kusimba's life's work has been to recover the past of the Swahili and restore them to rightful citizenship. He worked alongside Harvard geneticists David Reich and Esther Brielle and corresponding authors, Jeff Fleisher from Rice University and Stephanie Wynne-Jones from the University of York, to uncover the DNA of 80 individuals from as long as 800 years ago, making it the first ancient DNA uncovered from the Swahili Civilization.

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[mobunagathevoiceofresistan]

Surprised Florida allowed the man to research this

[AntonsClass]

Most of the images were of Samburu and Masai people, not Swahili people. Just to add some clarity.

[thianarhome]

One of the first African civilization?!?
That is utter BS.
ANCIENT EGYPT is African civilization.
Be correct when trying to produce scientific works!

[ladybluegrass]

I think a lot of things are being hidden from all of us, things that sadly we will probably never know.

[masoshi-dalabenangola]

As always the when they talk about bantu ppl but they prefere to put the Massai ppl pictures, why?

[gardensofthegods]

Also yes the Nigerian people once had a very powerful, mighty Kingdom which did a lot of trade .

[marlondopson]

I know one thing. Westerners are new to this earth. and have no history of your own, Do us a favour and stay away from commenting on anything African. Your presentation puts doubt that Africans had no writing systems. That Egypt is Medeterian and nothing is mentioned about the older Nubian civilization. Stop giving us your vague and biased assumptions about Africa. Stick to the Swahili topic.

[cynthiaanderson]

THANK FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT AFRICA ANCESTORS PEOPLE HISTORY 😎 😎 😎 😎

[umarmarsh]

More racist hypothesis—in other words, Swahili people are lucky to be mixed with Asian DNA, which supposedly occurred only 800 years ago, and now Watusi people etc. are "proud" of their "less than fully African" heritage. Reason being they most likely made the connection between the Ancient Hamitic Egyptians and need to create an alternative explanation. Complete lies glossed over with the usual racist anthropological narratives. If anything, it was the Africans who influenced Asian ancestral DNA.

[gardensofthegods]

I would really like to see more about that University in Mali .

[gardensofthegods]

Very interesting, I always thought the Swahili were good-looking group of people same as the Maasai warriors .
I would love to know more about that University and see their scrolls or what they wrote on ... maybe papyrus ?
And cultures with no written word or language is often proof they were ENSLAVED long enough for the younger generations to know nothing of reading and the written word, as it WAS FORBIDDEN .