This repository contains online material for our book chapter.

- Citation:

Chapter 8: The Early Bantu Expansion into Central Africa: New Data and Insights from Population Genetics.
Authors: Cesar Fortes-Lima,Sara Pacchiarotti, Lorenzo Maselli, Jean-Pierre Donzo Bunza Yugia, Guy Kouarata, Joseph Koni Muluwa, Leon Mundeke, Koen Bostoen and Carina Schlebusch.

Book: An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion: Early Settlers South of the Congo Rainforest.
Edited by Peter R. Coutros, Igor Matonda Sakala, Jessamy Doman, and Koen Bostoen.
Publisher: Routledge; London (UK). ISBN: 9781032658124.

Link: https://www.routledge.com/An-Archaeology-of-the-Bantu-Expansion-Early-Settlers-South-of-the-Congo-Rainforest/RCoutros-MatondaSakala-Doman-Bostoen/p/book/9781032658124

Figures

 Figure 8.1 | Geographical distribution of Bantu-speaking populations.

 Figure 8.2 | Geographical distribution of all populations included in the extended Central African dataset.

 Figure 8.3 | Patterns of genetic similarities between studied African populations.

 Figure 8.4 | Patterns of genetic similarities between selected non-RHG Central African populations.

 Figure 8.5 | Patterns of genetic similarities between populations included in the Only-DRC dataset.

 Figure 8.6 | Patterns of genetic diversity of all studied Central African populations estimated using ADMIXTURE analysis at K=9.

 Figure 8.7 | Patterns of genetic diversity of for selected populations estimated using ADMIXTURE analysis at K=2.

 Figure 8.8 | Patterns of genetic diversity of for selected populations estimated using ADMIXTURE analysis at K=4.

 Figure 8.9 | Tests for admixture using f3-statistics.

 Figure 8.10 | Admixture graphs inferred in Central Africa and using eRHG Mbuti population as an outgroup.

Contact person of this repository:

Cesar Fortes-Lima (https://github.com/cesarforteslima).

Emails: cfortes2@jh.edu; cesar.fortes-lima@ebc.uu.se More scripts and figures are available upon request.