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Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome variation provides evidence for a recent common ancestry between Native Americans and Indigenous Altaians.
American journal of human genetics - 10 Feb 2012
Dulik Matthew C, Zhadanov Sergey I, Osipova Ludmila P, Askapuli Ayken, Gau Lydia, Gokcumen Omer, Rubinstein Samara, Schurr Theodore G
Abstract excerpt
The Altai region of southern Siberia has played a critical role in the peopling of northern Asia as an entry point into Siberia and a possible homeland for ancestral Native Americans. It has an old and rich history because humans have inhabited this area since the Paleolithic. Today, the Altai region is home to numerous Turkic-speaking ethnic groups, which have been divided into northern and southern clusters...
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