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Enclaves of genetic diversity resisted Inca impacts on population history.
Scientific reports - 12 Dec 2017
Barbieri Chiara, Sandoval José R, Valqui Jairo, Shimelman Aviva, Ziemendorff Stefan, Schröder Roland, Geppert Maria, Roewer Lutz, Gray Russell, Stoneking Mark, Fujita Ricardo, Heggarty Paul
Abstract excerpt
The Inca Empire is claimed to have driven massive population movements in western South America, and to have spread Quechua, the most widely-spoken language family of the indigenous Americas. A test-case is the Chachapoyas region of northern Peru, reported as a focal point of Inca population displacements. Chachapoyas also spans the environmental, cultural and demographic divides between Amazonia and the Andes,...
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