Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans
How and when the Americas were populated remains contentious. Using ancient and modern genome-wide data, we found that the ancestors of all present-day Native Americans, including Athabascans and Amerindians, entered the Americas as a single migration wave from Siberia no earlier than 23 thousand ye...
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ftkingscollondon:oai:kclpure.kcl.ac.uk:publications/e9a28856-1b69-4e26-bf80-10db5dc3fa96 2024-06-09T07:50:12+00:00 Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans Eriksson, Anders 2015-08-21 https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/e9a28856-1b69-4e26-bf80-10db5dc3fa96 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab3884 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939864401&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/e9a28856-1b69-4e26-bf80-10db5dc3fa96 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Eriksson , A 2015 , ' Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans ' , Science , vol. 349 , no. 6250 , aab3884 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab3884 article 2015 ftkingscollondon https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab3884 2024-05-15T00:22:58Z How and when the Americas were populated remains contentious. Using ancient and modern genome-wide data, we found that the ancestors of all present-day Native Americans, including Athabascans and Amerindians, entered the Americas as a single migration wave from Siberia no earlier than 23 thousand years ago (ka) and after no more than an 8000-year isolation period in Beringia. After their arrival to the Americas, ancestral Native Americans diversified into two basal genetic branches around 13 ka, one that is now dispersed across North and South America and the other restricted to North America. Subsequent gene flow resulted in some Native Americans sharing ancestry with present-day East Asians (including Siberians) and, more distantly, Australo-Melanesians. Putative "Paleoamerican" relict populations, including the historical Mexican PericĂșes and South American Fuego-Patagonians, are not directly related to modern Australo-Melanesians as suggested by the Paleoamerican Model. Article in Journal/Newspaper Beringia Siberia King's College, London: Research Portal Science 349 6250 |
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How and when the Americas were populated remains contentious. Using ancient and modern genome-wide data, we found that the ancestors of all present-day Native Americans, including Athabascans and Amerindians, entered the Americas as a single migration wave from Siberia no earlier than 23 thousand years ago (ka) and after no more than an 8000-year isolation period in Beringia. After their arrival to the Americas, ancestral Native Americans diversified into two basal genetic branches around 13 ka, one that is now dispersed across North and South America and the other restricted to North America. Subsequent gene flow resulted in some Native Americans sharing ancestry with present-day East Asians (including Siberians) and, more distantly, Australo-Melanesians. Putative "Paleoamerican" relict populations, including the historical Mexican PericĂșes and South American Fuego-Patagonians, are not directly related to modern Australo-Melanesians as suggested by the Paleoamerican Model. |
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Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans |
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Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans |
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Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans |
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Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans |
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Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans |
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genomic evidence for the pleistocene and recent population history of native americans |
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