The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

• Main Authors: Raghavan, Maanasa, DeGiorgio, Michael, Albrechtsen, Anders, Moltke Pontus Skoglund Thorfinn S. Korneliussen, Ida, Gronnow, Bjarne, Appelt, Martin, Christian Gulløv, Hans, Max Friesen, T., Fitzhugh, William, Malmstrom Simon Rasmussen, Helena, Olsen, Jesper, Melchior, Linea, T. Fuller, Benjamin, M. Fahrni, Simon, Stafford Jr. Vaughan Grimes M. A. Priscilla Renouf, Thomas, , †, Cybulski Niels Lynnerup, Jerome, Mirazon Lahr, Marta, Britton Rick Knecht, Kate, Arneborg Mait Metspalu Omar E. Cornejo Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, Jette, Wang Morten Rasmussen, Yong, Raghavan, Vibha, V. O. Hansen, Thomas, Khusnutdinova Tracey Pierre, Elza, Dneprovsky, Kirill, Andreasen, Claus, Lange, Hans, Geoffrey Hayes, M., Coltrain, Joan, A. Spitsyn, Victor, Gotherstrom, Anders, Orlando, Ludovic, Kivisild Richard Villems Michael H. Crawford, Toomas, C. Nielsen, Finn, Dissing, Jørgen, Heinemeier, Jan, Meldgaard, Morten, Bustamante, Carlos, H. O’Rourke, Dennis, Jakobsson, Mattias, Thomas P. Gilbert, M., Nielsen, Rasmus, Willerslev, Eske
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Online Ancient Genome Repository 2014
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25909/5d3acb5e6dab6; https://www.oagr.org.au/experiment/view/261/

Despite a well-characterized archaeological record, the genetics of the people who inhabit the Arctic have been unexplored. Raghavan et al. sequenced ancient and modern genomes of individuals from the North American Arctic (see the Perspective by Park). Analyses of these genomes indicate that the Arctic was colonized years ago by a migration separate from the one that gave rise to other Native American populations. Furthermore, the original paleo-inhabitants of the Arctic appear to have been completely replaced approximately years ago.