African Genome sample of Igbo mixing with Khoi-san around 9,000 years ago

A genetic analysis of Igbo samples by The African Genome Variation Project reveals that the Igbo people may have mixed with populations similar to the Khoi-San around 9,000 years ago, a people living today in southern Africa who have the oldest genetic lineage in the word.

The written record

Historical context

This is consistent with archaeological evidence that supports the fact that the Khoi-San once inhabited the area from their present homeland to as far as the western Sahara. ‘The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa”