Scientists Reveal The Surprising Genetic Origins Of Dinka People

🔗 Explore, Support & Work With Us 📖 📚 Get My Book: https://mysticvoyage1.gumroad.com/ 💼 🎯 YouTube Channel Management Services: https://azeemautomation.com 🎥 ▶️ Explore Our Playlists:    / @mysticvoyagee   ☕ ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mysticvoyage ⭐ 💎 Support Us on Patreon:   / mysticvoyage999   🔔 🎬 Join Our YouTube Membership:    / @mysticvoyagee   In 2012, scientists reading the genome of a Denisovan girl from a Siberian cave chose a handful of modern people to compare her with. One of them was a Dinka from Sudan. Why does the Dinka genome keep turning up in studies of human origins, and where did the Dinka really come from? We follow the evidence from the Denisovan genome study (Meyer et al., Science 2012), 221 people from 18 Sudanese and South Sudanese populations (Hollfelder et al., PLOS Genetics 2017), the Christian farmers of Kulubnarti in medieval Nubia (Sirak et al., Nature Communications 2021), 445 Sudanese father lines (Hassan et al., 2008), and the ancient herders of Kenya and Tanzania (Prendergast et al., Science 2019; Wang et al., Science Advances 2020). The answer: the Dinka are the clearest living heirs of an old northeast African population that once lived much further north along the Nile, then stayed largely unmixed behind the swamps of the Sudd. Had you heard of the Dinka genome before this video? Tell us in the comments. Chapters 0:00 The Dinka Genome In A Famous Study 1:09 A People Left Unmixed 2:34 The Twist: A Kingdom On The Nile 3:45 The Christian Farmers Of Kulubnarti 5:27 The Swamp Wall 6:09 The Father Line 7:52 Cattle And The First Herders 10:54 Why The Dinka Moved South 13:23 Are The Dinka 7 Feet Tall? 14:33 The Honest Limits 15:50 The Popular Answers Tested 16:33 What Your DNA Says Sources Meyer, M. et al. (2012). A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual. Science 338:222. Hollfelder, N. et al. (2017). Northeast African genomic variation shaped by the continuity of indigenous groups and Eurasian migrations. PLOS Genetics 13(8):e1006976. Sirak, K. A. et al. (2021). Social stratification without genetic differentiation at the site of Kulubnarti in Christian Period Nubia. Nature Communications. Hassan, H. Y. et al. (2008). Y-chromosome variation among Sudanese. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Prendergast, M. E. et al. (2019). Ancient DNA reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into sub-Saharan Africa. Science. Wang, K. et al. (2020). Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction, and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa. Science Advances. Gallego Llorente, M. et al. (2015). Ancient Ethiopian genome reveals extensive Eurasian admixture in Eastern Africa. Science. Roberts, D. F. & Bainbridge, D. R. (1963). Nilotic physique. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Beswick, S. (2004). Sudan's Blood Memory. University of Rochester Press. dinka, dinka people, dinka dna, south sudan, sudan history, nilotic people, nuer, shilluk, ancient dna, denisovan genome, kulubnarti, nubia, alodia, soba, sudd, cattle herders, pastoral neolithic, y chromosome haplogroup a, african genetics, genetics documentary #Dinka #SouthSudan #DNA #AncientDNA #History