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Genomic insight into the origins and dispersal of the Brazilian coastal natives.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Feb 2020
Castro E Silva Marcos Araújo, Nunes Kelly, Lemes Renan Barbosa, Mas-Sandoval Àlex, Guerra Amorim Carlos Eduardo, Krieger Jose Eduardo, Mill José Geraldo, Salzano Francisco Mauro, Bortolini Maria Cátira, Pereira Alexandre da Costa, Comas David, Hünemeier Tábita
Abstract excerpt
In the 15th century, ∼900,000 Native Americans, mostly Tupí speakers, lived on the Brazilian coast. By the end of the 18th century, the coastal native populations were declared extinct. The Tupí arrived on the east coast after leaving the Amazonian basin ∼2,000 y before present; however, there is no consensus on how this migration occurred: toward the northern Amazon and then directly to the Atlantic coast, or...
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