TY - JOUR
T1 - Early human dispersals within the Americas
AU - Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor
AU - Vinner, Lasse
AU - de Barros Damgaard, Peter
AU - de la Fuente, Constanza
AU - Allentoft, Morten E.
AU - Vimala, Tharsika
AU - Racimo, Fernando
AU - Rasmussen, Simon
AU - Margaryan, Ashot
AU - Iraeta Orbegozo, Miren
AU - Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea
AU - Alexandersen, Verner
AU - Primeau, Charlotte
AU - Gregersen, Kristian
AU - Hansen, Kasper Lykke
AU - Lynnerup, Niels
AU - Kjær, Kurt
AU - Schroeder, Hannes
AU - Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo
AU - Sikora, Martin
AU - Nielsen, Rasmus
AU - Willerslev, Eske
PY - 2018/12/7
Y1 - 2018/12/7
N2 - Studies of the peopling of the Americas have focused on the timing and number of initial migrations. Less attention has been paid to the subsequent spread of people within the Americas. We sequenced 15 ancient human genomes spanning from Alaska to Patagonia; six are ≥10,000 years old (up to ~18× coverage). All are most closely related to Native Americans, including those from an Ancient Beringian individual and two morphologically distinct "Paleoamericans." We found evidence of rapid dispersal and early diversification that included previously unknown groups as people moved south. This resulted in multiple independent, geographically uneven migrations, including one that provides clues of a Late Pleistocene Australasian genetic signal, as well as a later Mesoamerican-related expansion. These led to complex and dynamic population histories from North to South America.
AB - Studies of the peopling of the Americas have focused on the timing and number of initial migrations. Less attention has been paid to the subsequent spread of people within the Americas. We sequenced 15 ancient human genomes spanning from Alaska to Patagonia; six are ≥10,000 years old (up to ~18× coverage). All are most closely related to Native Americans, including those from an Ancient Beringian individual and two morphologically distinct "Paleoamericans." We found evidence of rapid dispersal and early diversification that included previously unknown groups as people moved south. This resulted in multiple independent, geographically uneven migrations, including one that provides clues of a Late Pleistocene Australasian genetic signal, as well as a later Mesoamerican-related expansion. These led to complex and dynamic population histories from North to South America.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058604407&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.aav2621
DO - 10.1126/science.aav2621
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30409807
AN - SCOPUS:85058604407
VL - 362
SP - 1, 1-11
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6419
M1 - eaav2621
ER -