Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

Today, people who identify as Swahili view this legend as an origin story that explains their diverse heritage. But there’s also debate over how real this legend is.

A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of Africa left its mark on the DNA of ancient Swahili people. Skip to main content Spokane, Washington Est. May 19, 1883 ...

A study of centuries-old DNA has deciphered the complex ancestry of coastal East Africa's Swahili people, revealing how a cosmopolitan and prosperous medieval civilization arose thanks in large ...

Genetic analyses back up what Swahili oral tradition has long held about ancestry of people from eastern Africa — that their ancestors are from Africa and abroad.

Swahili civilization has differing origin stories. Genes offer new clues : Goats and Soda Genetic analyses back up what Swahili oral tradition has long held about ancestry of people from eastern ...

A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of Africa left its mark on the DNA of ancient Swahili people. A new analysis of centuries-old bones and teeth collected from six burial ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and ...

Swahili people maintained matrilineal family burial gardens such as this one in Faza, Kenya. Chapurukha Kusimba, 2012 under CC BY-ND 4.0. A new analysis of medieval DNA has revealed that around ...

Genetic analyses back up what Swahili oral tradition has long held about ancestry of people from eastern Africa — that their ancestors are from Africa and abroad.

By the turn of the second millennium, Swahili people embraced Islam, and some of their grand mosques still stand at the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Lamu in Kenya and Kilwa in Tanzania.

Swahili people maintained matrilineal family burial gardens such as this one in Faza, Kenya. Chapurukha Kusimba, 2012 under CC BY-ND 4.0 A new analysis of medieval DNA has revealed that around the ...