Berbers are the first inhabitants of North Africa but where did they originally come from? And why are there many different groups of Berbers who don’t share much in common?
Imazighen aka Berbers are indigenous people of North Africa, west of the River Nile Valley. Their homeland is the Horn of Africa.
They have their own and distinctive genetic marker, the Berber marker, e1b1b E-M81. It is a paternal signature that all Berbers share. Imazighen are a composite group of people because they have absorbed and assimilated people from outside Africa and within Africa. They have absorbed through interbreeding and among others, the following non-African people : Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Slavs, Alans, Jews, Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Vikings, Spaniards.
They have assimilated people from Africa and from outside Africa. These people are Berber converts not real Berbers.
Ikelan are the descendants of black slaves captured during slave raids. The Andalusi, the descendants of expelled Spanish Muslims. The Saqaliba were slave soldiers and mercenaries of Slavic origin. The Renegades, Europeans who turned Turk by drawing profit by selling and trading in Barbary slaves.
Imazighen have extensive Eurasian female ancestry, including Central Saharan Tuareg, the purest Berbers. There was a time when European women were seen as preferred breeding partners among Berber communities.
The Tuareg are known as the prototype Berbers because they carry the highest frequency of the Berber marker; their Berber dialect contains the least loan words from Arabic. They have managed to preserve the oldest alphabet.
There are descriptions of ancient Berbers aka Mauretanii on the famous Trajan column. They looked like the Afar of Djibouti with distinctive dreadlocks. They are also mentioned in Viking Saga as the Blue Men.
They have their own and distinctive genetic marker, the Berber marker, e1b1b E-M81. It is a paternal signature that all Berbers share. Imazighen are a composite group of people because they have absorbed and assimilated people from outside Africa and within Africa. They have absorbed through interbreeding and among others, the following non-African people : Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Slavs, Alans, Jews, Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Vikings, Spaniards.
They have assimilated people from Africa and from outside Africa. These people are Berber converts not real Berbers.
Imazighen have extensive Eurasian female ancestry, including Central Saharan Tuareg, the purest Berbers. There was a time when European women were seen as preferred breeding partners among Berber communities.
The Tuareg are known as the prototype Berbers because they carry the highest frequency of the Berber marker; their Berber dialect contains the least loan words from Arabic. They have managed to preserve the oldest alphabet.
There are descriptions of ancient Berbers aka Mauretanii on the famous Trajan column. They looked like the Afar of Djibouti with distinctive dreadlocks. They are also mentioned in Viking Saga as the Blue Men.
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