It is plausible that there were such families in the Roman Empire. They were extremely improbable, & certainly not typical.
> The study concluded that is likely that 11–12% of study sample were of 'African' ('Sub-Saharan') descent, w/ more being potentially so. >
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> Eg. at high status 'The Railway' cem, fordisc analysis indicted c.32% had 'African' ('Sub-Saharan') affinities & 15% in 'Egyptian' range >
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> Similar research recently published from Roman London too: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/781944932550512642 … Interestingly, ancestry determinations from London >
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First, I commend you: You have evidence & you brought it in full. Still, this doesn't quite live up to my expectations of an aDNA paper..
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it simply states the ancestry of the individual, w/o the bare support of a mitochondrial marker.
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But this really quite astounding to me. What's the proposed theory on the (significant) admixing of sub-Saharan Africans w/o good transport?
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Not your expertise, I guess. But this peturbs my tidy box of "what I think I know" .https://twitter.com/Billare/status/894778068195315712 …
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Thank you :) And, yes! But that's why I love studying history & archaeology, its ability to upend our assumptions and beliefs! Reading >
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