Fregel et al. 2018 examined the remains of 7 individuals buried at Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa (c. 5325-4786 BCE).[2] The 2 samples ofY-DNA extracted belonged to the paternal haplogroupE-L19*, while the 5 samples ofmtDNA extracted belonged to the maternal haplogroupsM1b1*,U6a1b (two samples),U6a7b2 andU6a3.[3] The paternal haplogroup E-L19* and the maternal haplogroups are associated with migrations fromEurasia into North Africa during the Neolithic bringing pastoralism technology.[2] They were found to be closely related to the early Stone Age people buried atTaforalt, Morocco (c. 15000 BCE). Both the Taforalt and Ifri N'Amr ou Moussa people were found to also be related to people of theNatufian culture (c. 12000 BCE) andPre-Pottery Neolithic (c. ~10000 BCE) of theLevant, with whom they appeared to share a common origin. The lack paternal continuity with Taforalt individuals, who belongeed to haplogroup E-M78 rather than E-L19, indicates that the male ancestors of the Ifri n'Amr ou Moussa are recent migrant from the Levant rather than descended from earlier Iberomaurusian culture bearers.[4][5]
Ancestry inference of ancient samples from North Africa (IAM, KEB, Guanche, Taforalt), the Iberian Peninsula (TOR), and the Middle East (Natufian, Levant_N)
Among modern populations, the examined individuals were determined to be most closely related to theMozabite people of Algeria. In contrast to the Ifri N'Amr individuals, the examined samples at the Late Neolithic site ofKelif el Boroud (~c. 4000 BCE), carried about 50%Early European Farmer (EEF) ancestry, suggesting substantial migration ofCardial Ware people fromIberia into North Africa during the Neolithic phases. Both the studied groups buried at Ifri n'Amr ou Moussa and Kelif el Boroud carried a much lower amount ofSub-Saharan African admixture than modern North Africans, indicating that the trans-Saharan migrations occurred after Neolithic times (however, they also carried lower Sub-Saharan African admixture than the Stone Age people of Taforalt). Phenotypically, the Ifri n'Amr ou Moussa people were determined to have haddark skin and darkeye color.[6]
The ancientGuanches (c. 500 BCE - 1500 CE) of theCanary Islands were modeled as a mixture of ancestry from the Ifri N'Amr ou Moussa and Kelif el Boroud,[6] with a majority shared component of 80.2% coming from these mainland communities.[7]
