Paleo-Eskimo mtDNA Genome Reveals Matrilineal Discontinuity in Greenland

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Gilbert, M Thomas P, Kivisild, Toomas, Grønnow, Bjarne, Andersen, Pernille K, Metspalu, Ene, Reidla, Maere, Tamm, Erika, Axelsson, Erik, Götherström, Anders, Campos, Paula F, Rasmussen, Morten, Metspalu, Mait, Higham, Thomas F G, Schwenninger, Jean-Luc, Nathan, Roger, De Hoog, Cees-Jan, Koch, Anders, Møller, Lone Nukaaraq, Andreasen, Claus, Meldgaard, Morten, Villems, Richard, Bendixen, Christian, Willerslev, Eske
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Canada; Greenland; Sireniki; eskimo*; greenlandic; Paleo-Eskimo; Saqqaq; Sirenik*
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/paleoeskimo-mtdna-genome-reveals-matrilineal-discontinuity-in-greenland(68cf7dd0-2e21-11dd-9f43-000ea68e967b).html; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1159750

The Paleo-Eskimo Saqqaq and Independence I cultures, documented from archaeological remains in Northern Canada and Greenland, represent the earliest human expansion into the New World's northern extremes. However, their origin and genetic relationship to later cultures is unknown. We sequenced...