Article
Ancient DNA perspectives on American colonization and population history.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Dec 2011
Raff Jennifer A, Bolnick Deborah A, Tackney Justin, O'Rourke Dennis H
Abstract excerpt
Ancient DNA (aDNA) analyses have proven to be important tools in understanding human population dispersals, settlement patterns, interactions between prehistoric populations, and the development of regional population histories. Here, we review the published results of sixty-three human populations from throughout the Americas and compare the levels of diversity and geographic patterns of variation in the ancient...
Topics
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- Americas
- Analysis of Variance
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Emigration and Immigration
- Haplotypes
- History, 21st Century
- History, Ancient
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide