Two of Christopher Columbus' shipmates were perhaps the first Africans to set foot in the New World, a new study has found. Using DNA analysis of human bones excavated from a graveyard in the Dominican Republic, the study adds weight to the theory that Africans crossed the Atlantic at least 150 years earlier than previously thought. Click here to read more of the story in New Scientist Life.
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09/28/2010: Graveyard DNA rewrites African American History
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