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Mitochondrial DNA variability in the Titicaca basin: Matches and mismatches with linguistics and ethnohistory.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Barbieri Chiara, Heggarty Paul, Castrì Loredana, Luiselli Donata, Pettener Davide
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The Titicaca basin was the cradle of some of the major complex societies of pre-Columbian South America and is today home to three surviving native languages: Quechua, Aymara, and Uro. This study seeks to contribute to reconstructing the population prehistory of the region, by providing a first genetic profile of its inhabitants, set also into the wider context of South American genetic background....
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