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Richtersveld

The Henn Lab has been conducting research in Richtersveld since 2014. We are thrilled to return our research findings to the community of Richtersveld.  Below you will find our findings for the average global ancestry of an individual in Richtersveld and a more detailed perspective of the Khoe-San and West African genetic compositions of people within Richtersveld.  

Ancestry 
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Khoe-San people used to be one larger population, but as time has passed slight variations in Khoi-San populations have emerged, which we can trace today. Learn more about the Khoe-San ancestry of  the average person from Richtersveld!

Khoe-San Ancestry

West African Ancestry

People Across Africa have variable elements of the genome which can be tracked and grouped. Here we have compiled the the similarities between the West African Ancestry of people in Richtersveld and other towns within South Africa. 

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