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MtDNA from extinct Tainos and the peopling of the Caribbean.

Annals of human genetics - 1 Mar 2001

Lalueza-Fox C, Calderón F L, Calafell F, Morera B, Bertranpetit J

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Tainos and Caribs were the inhabitants of the Caribbean when Columbus reached the Americas; both human groups became extinct soon after contact, decimated by the Spaniards and the diseases they brought. Samples belonging to pre-Columbian Taino Indians from the La Caleta site (Dominican Republic) have been analyzed, in order to ascertain the genetic affinities of these groups in relation to present-day Amerinds,...

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PMID: 11427174
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480001008533

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