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Genetic Affiliation of Pre-Hispanic and Contemporary Mayas Through Maternal Linage.
Human biology - 1 Apr 2016
Ochoa-Lugo Mirna Isabel, Muñoz María de Lourdes, Pérez-Ramírez Gerardo, Beaty Kristine G, López-Armenta Mauro, Cervini-Silva Javiera, Moreno-Galeana Miguel, Meza Adrián Martínez, Ramos Eduardo, Crawford Michael H, Romano-Pacheco Arturo
Abstract excerpt
Maya civilization developed in Mesoamerica and encompassed the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, part of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, and the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador. This civilization persisted approximately 3,000 years and was one of the most advanced of its time, possessing the only known full writing system at the time, as well as art, sophisticated architecture, and...
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