Archeologists use DNA to identify early slaves

Archaeologists use DNA to identify earliest victims yet of slavery trade between Africa and Latin America ---- Archaeologists have used DNA to identify the earliest victims of the slave trade between Africa and Latin America. A team of investigators believed they discovered the slavery link after excavating a site on Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, Spain, in 2009. The remains on the site are thought to date back to the 16th century and testing by research teams, from universities in Britain, Spain, Peru and the US, unlocked the identity of their origins. DNA was extracted from the bones of the skeletons and revealed that the group was made up of a Canarian aboriginal woman, four black men and another six bodies belonging to native groups of Europe and Africa. Investigators have since published their findings in the 'American Journal of Physical Anthropology' magazine, as the most ancient burial of slaves discovered in the Atlantic World. | Daily Mail Online
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