A New Study Demonstrates Swahili and Persians Were Pairing Up 1,000 Years Ago

While the study confirms that there was significant intermarriage between the two groups, it also found evidence that suggests the relationship was more complex than previously thought.

A new study published in the journal Nature¹ last month, reveals that Swahili women in eastern Africa paired up with men from Persia, or modern-day Iran, around 1,000 years ago. The study's authors, led by Mark Horton of the University of Bristol in England, analyzed the ancient DNA of 80 people buried in six medieval and early modern towns along the Swa…