The EU is funding research that will use genetics to bring clarity to a fragmented history by using genetics to trace the locations and routes of the transatlantic slave trade from the 1500's to the 1800's. During that period an estimated 12.5 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Genetics Used to Trace Transatlantic Slave Trade
The EU is funding research that will use genetics to bring clarity to a fragmented history by using genetics to trace the locations and routes of the transatlantic slave trade from the 1500's to the 1800's. During that period an estimated 12.5 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves.
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