Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas

Llamas, Bastien; Fehren‐Schmitz, Lars; Valverde, Guido; Soubrier, Julien; Mallick, Swapan; Rohland, Nadin; Nordenfelt, Susanne; Valdiosera, Cristina; M. Richards, Stephen; B. Rohrlach, Adam; Inés Barreto Romero, María; Flores Espinoza, Isabel; Tomasto-Cagigao, Elsa; Watson Jiménez, Lucía; Makowski, Krzysztof; Leboreiro, Ilán; Mansilla Lory, Josefina; Alejandro Ballivián Torrez, Julio; A. Rivera, Mario; L. Burger, Richard; Constanza Ceruti, María; Reinhard, Johan; Spencer Wells, R.; G. Politis, Gustavo; M. Santoro, Calógero; G. Standen, Vivien; Smith, Colin; Reich, David; Y. W. Ho, Simon; Cooper, Alan; Haak, Wolfgang

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501385

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Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas

Published in Science Advances • Apr 1, 2016

Authors:

Bastien Llamas

Lars Fehren‐Schmitz

Guido Valverde

Abstract

The exact timing, route, and process of the initial peopling of the Americas remains uncertain despite much research. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of humans as far as southern Chile by 14.6 thousand years ago (ka), shortly after the Pleistocene ice sheets blocking access from easte...

Subject

Mitochondrial DNA

Ancient DNA

Evolutionary biology

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