DNA studies show that the Iberian population has Central European origins, and several ancient skeletons were North African. Rabat – Two studies of ancient DNA have shown that North Africans inhabited the Iberian Peninsula long before the Muslim conquest. The journal Current Biology published a study on the makeup of the Iberian population between 6,000 and 13,000 years ago. After studying the DNA of a woman buried between 2000 and 1600 B.C., the researchers found that she had a North African grandparent. The results only confirm that the Iberian countries were home to migrants from Central Europe and North Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 21, 2019 17:48 UTC