Cameroon: ancient DNA
3
Y-DNA
samples
2
mtDNA
samples
People whose remains archaeologists found and whose DNA labs have read. The date is the middle of the dating interval, radiocarbon or by archaeological context. Branches link to branch pages where one exists. All archaeological cultures
Y-DNA
By period #
Y-DNA
Branches #
- West African Hunter-Gatherer 1
- Hunter-Gatherer 1
- Late Holocene West African 1
Paternal lines of the ancients #
Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.
| Sample | Culture | Site | Date | Branch | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shum Laka 2/SE II I10871 | West African Hunter-Gatherer | Shum Laka, Shum Laka | 5,963 BCE | A-L1087 | Allen Ancient Genome Diversity Project; Lipson et al. 2020 (Nature); Lipson et al. 2022; Rohland et al. 2022 |
| Shum Laka 2/SE I I10872 | Hunter-Gatherer | Shum Laka, Mbu-Baforchu | 5,816 BCE | B-FT380395 | Lazaridis et al. 2025; Lipson et al. 2020 (Nature); Lipson et al. 2022; Rohland et al. 2022 |
| Shum Laka 4/A I10873 | Late Holocene West African | Shum Laka, Shum Laka | 1,115 BCE | B-CTS162 | Allen Ancient Genome Diversity Project; Lipson et al. 2020 (Nature); Lipson et al. 2022 |
Maternal lines of the ancients #
Source: YFull; no culture given.
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