Tracing Roots: How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Impacted the Genetic Makeup of the Americas
Historical records on transatlantic slavery show that an estimated 12.5 million people were forcibly taken from Africa and sent to the Americas between 1515 and 1865. More than one and a half centuries after slavery was abolished, a study led by Steven Micheletti, a Population Geneticist at 23andMe, examines how the slave trade impacted the […]