Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion
The genomes of ancient humans can reveal patterns of early human migration (see the Perspective by Achilli et al.). Iceland has a genetically distinct population, despite relatively recent settlement (∼1100 years ago). Ebenesersdóttir et al. examined the genomes of ancient Icelandic people, dating t...
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ftcwashingtonuni:oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:cotsfac-1299 2023-05-15T16:47:36+02:00 Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion Scheib, C. L. Li, Hongjie Desai, Tariq Lorenz, Joseph G. 2018-06-01T07:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cotsfac/299 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6851 unknown ScholarWorks@CWU https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cotsfac/299 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6851 Copyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences migration genetics anthropology native americans ancient peoples Archaeological Anthropology Genomics text 2018 ftcwashingtonuni https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6851 2022-10-20T20:29:17Z The genomes of ancient humans can reveal patterns of early human migration (see the Perspective by Achilli et al.). Iceland has a genetically distinct population, despite relatively recent settlement (∼1100 years ago). Ebenesersdóttir et al. examined the genomes of ancient Icelandic people, dating to near the colonization of Iceland, and compared them with modernday Icelandic populations. The ancient DNA revealed that the founders had Gaelic and Norse origins. Genetic drift since the initial settlement has left modern Icelanders with allele frequencies that are distinctive, although still skewed toward those of their Norse founders. Scheib et al. sequenced ancient genomes from the Channel Islands of California, USA, and Ontario, Canada. The ancient Ontario population was similar to other ancient North Americans, as well as to modern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans. In contrast, the California individuals were more like groups that now live in Mexico and South America. It appears that a genetic split and population isolation likely occurred during the Ice Age, but the peoples remixed at a later date. Text Iceland Central Washington University: ScholarWorks Canada Science 360 6392 1024 1027 |
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The genomes of ancient humans can reveal patterns of early human migration (see the Perspective by Achilli et al.). Iceland has a genetically distinct population, despite relatively recent settlement (∼1100 years ago). Ebenesersdóttir et al. examined the genomes of ancient Icelandic people, dating to near the colonization of Iceland, and compared them with modernday Icelandic populations. The ancient DNA revealed that the founders had Gaelic and Norse origins. Genetic drift since the initial settlement has left modern Icelanders with allele frequencies that are distinctive, although still skewed toward those of their Norse founders. Scheib et al. sequenced ancient genomes from the Channel Islands of California, USA, and Ontario, Canada. The ancient Ontario population was similar to other ancient North Americans, as well as to modern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans. In contrast, the California individuals were more like groups that now live in Mexico and South America. It appears that a genetic split and population isolation likely occurred during the Ice Age, but the peoples remixed at a later date. |
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