Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil
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Anna Sapfo Malaspinas, Oscar Lao, Hannes Schroeder, Morten Rasmussen, Maanasa Raghavan, Ida Moltke, Paula Campos, Francisca Santana Sagredo, Simon Rasmussen, Vanessa F Gonçalves, Anders Albrechtsen, Morten Erik Allentoft, Philip L F Johnson, Mingkun Li, Silvia Reis, Danilo V Bernardo, Michael DeGiorgio, Ana T Duggan, Murilo Bastos, Yong Wang & 20 andre
Understanding the peopling of the Americas remains an important and challenging question. Here, we present (14)C dates, and morphological, isotopic and genomic sequence data from two human skulls from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, part of one of the indigenous groups known as 'Botocudos'. We find that their genomic ancestry is Polynesian, with no detectable Native American component. Radiocarbon analysis of the skulls shows that the individuals had died prior to the beginning of the 19th century. Our findings could either represent genomic evidence of Polynesians reaching South America during their Pacific expansion, or European-mediated transport.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Current biology : CB |
Vol/bind | 24 |
Udgave nummer | 21 |
Sider (fra-til) | R1035-R1037 |
Antal sider | 3 |
ISSN | 0960-9822 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2014 |
ID: 128558610