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Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas.
Nature - 3 Sept 2015
Skoglund Pontus, Mallick Swapan, Bortolini Maria Cátira, Chennagiri Niru, Hünemeier Tábita, Petzl-Erler Maria Luiza, Salzano Francisco Mauro, Patterson Nick, Reich David
Abstract excerpt
Genetic studies have consistently indicated a single common origin of Native American groups from Central and South America. However, some morphological studies have suggested a more complex picture, whereby the northeast Asian affinities of present-day Native Americans contrast with a distinctive morphology seen in some of the earliest American skeletons, which share traits with present-day Australasians...
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