Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion.
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Authors
Scheib, CL
Li, Hongjie
Desai, Tariq
Link, Vivian
Kendall, Christopher
Dewar, Genevieve
Griffith, Peter William
Mörseburg, Alexander
Johnson, John R
Potter, Amiee
Kerr, Susan L
Endicott, Phillip
Lindo, John
Haber, Marc
Xue, Yali
Tyler-Smith, Chris
Sandhu, Manjinder S
Lorenz, Joseph G
Randall, Tori D
Faltyskova, Zuzana
Pagani, Luca
Danecek, Petr
O'Connell, Tamsin C
Martz, Patricia
Boraas, Alan S
Byrd, Brian F
Leventhal, Alan
Cambra, Rosemary
Williamson, Ronald
Lesage, Louis
Holguin, Brian
Ygnacio-De Soto, Ernestine
Rosas, JohnTommy
Metspalu, Mait
Stock, Jay T
Wegmann, Daniel
Malhi, Ripan S
Publication Date
2018-06-01Journal Title
Science
ISSN
0036-8075
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Volume
360
Issue
6392
Pages
1024-1027
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Scheib, C., Li, H., Desai, T., Link, V., Kendall, C., Dewar, G., Griffith, P. W., et al. (2018). Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion.. Science, 360 (6392), 1024-1027. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6851
Abstract
Little is known regarding the first people to enter the Americas and their genetic legacy. Genomic analysis of the oldest human remains from the Americas showed a direct relationship between a Clovis-related ancestral population and all modern Central and South Americans as well as a deep split separating them from North Americans in Canada. We present 91 ancient human genomes from California and Southwestern Ontario and demonstrate the existence of two distinct ancestries in North America, which possibly split south of the ice sheets. A contribution from both of these ancestral populations is found in all modern Central and South Americans. The proportions of these two ancestries in ancient and modern populations are consistent with a coastal dispersal and multiple admixture events.
Keywords
Biological Evolution, California, Emigration and Immigration, Genome, Human, Humans, Ontario, Population
Sponsorship
European Research Council (617627)
European Research Council (647787)
European Research Council (261213)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6851
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283639
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