It has no known parallels on the island or along the nearby coast of mainland Africa, and its origins ... the site was constructed about 1,000 years ago by religious settlers from what is now ...

An earlier genetic study - involving the Y chromosomes of more than 1,000 men from 21 populations - concluded that the first human migration from Africa may have occurred about 66,000 years ago. The ...

Image from Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa Deep in the heart of Madagascar ... now believe the site was constructed about 1,000 years ago by religious settlers from what is now ...