Resumen

USTARIZ GARCIA, Catalino R et al. Origin and genetic composition of the Cuban population. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.3, pp.273-282. ISSN 0864-0289.

A literature review was made on the emergence of Homo sapiens in the African continent and the beginning of migration towards different geographic regions; this led to the arrival of the primitive man to the America and his movement through the North America to South America, and from this place to the Caribbean Islands. The impact of the arrival of Spaniards on the Caribbean native populations and their contribution to the introduction of Black people from the Arican colonies located in this region of the world were also commented on. Likewise, several scientific works mainly carried out in Cuba were analyzed, since they prove the great ethnic admixture of the Cuban population basically made up of Caucasians, African blacks and mulattos; being the latter the result of the mixture of the first two population groups and to a lesser extent of other populations like Chinese and IndoAmerican, but without evident significance.

Palabras clave : human migrations; population genetics; Cuban population.

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