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South Africa: ancient DNA

11
Y-DNA
samples
0
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 #

4,000–3,000 BCE
3 · 27.3%
3,000–2,000 BCE
2 · 18.2%
1,000–0 BCE
3 · 27.3%
0–1,000 CE
2 · 18.2%
1,000–2,000 CE
1 · 9.1%
Y-DNA

Branches #

10 · 90.9%
1 · 9.1%

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample Culture Site Date Branch Study
Oakhurst 3B OAK003-B Neolithic South African Oakhurst Rockshelter, Victoria Bay 3,430 BCE A-FTC8709 ? Gretzinger et al. 2024 (Nat. Ecol. Evol.)
Oakhurst 3C OAK003-C Neolithic South African Oakhurst Rockshelter, Victoria Bay 3,373 BCE A-M51 ? Gretzinger et al. 2024 (Nat. Ecol. Evol.)
Oakhurst 14 OAK014 Neolithic South African Oakhurst Rockshelter, Victoria Bay 3,370 BCE A-M51 Gretzinger et al. 2024 (Nat. Ecol. Evol.)
Oakhurst 13 OAK013 Neolithic South African Oakhurst Rockshelter, Victoria Bay 2,975 BCE A-SK131 Gretzinger et al. 2024 (Nat. Ecol. Evol.)
Oakhurst 12 OAK012 Neolithic South African Oakhurst Rockshelter, Victoria Bay 2,950 BCE A-M9782 ? Gretzinger et al. 2024 (Nat. Ecol. Evol.)
St Helena Bay 9028 I9028 Neolithic African St Helena Bay 295 BCE A-M9935 ? Skoglund et al. 2017
Doonside doo001 Hunter-Gatherer Doonside, KwaZulu-Natal Province 89 BCE A-M144 ? Schlebusch et al. 2017
Ballito Bay B BBayB Hunter-Gatherer Ballito Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province 87 BCE A-P102 Schlebusch et al. 2017
Faraoskop 9133 I9133 Hunter-Gatherer Faraoskop Rock Shelter, Heerenlogement 40 CE A-FTC8709 Skoglund et al. 2017
Ballito Bay A BBayA Hunter-Gatherer Ballito Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province 62 CE A-FTC6702 Schlebusch et al. 2017
Vaalkrans 1 vaa001 Khoekhoe Vaalkrans Shelter, Vaalkrans 1,800 CE E-FT330118 Coutinho et al. 2021