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Paleo-Eskimo mtDNA genome reveals matrilineal discontinuity in Greenland.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 27 Jun 2008
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
Abstract excerpt
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 are unknown. We sequenced a mitochondrial genome from a Paleo-Eskimo human by using 3400-to 4500-year-old frozen hair excavated from an early...
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