Ancient DNA Retells Story of Caribbean's First People - HeritageDaily
Nature study that combines decades of archaeological work with advancements in genetic technology. An international team led by Harvard Medical School’s David Reich analyzed the genomes of 263 individuals in the largest study of ancient human DNA in the Americas to date. The genetics trace two major migratory waves in the Caribbean by two distinct groups, thousands of years apart, revealing an archipelago settled by highly mobile people, with distant relatives often living on different islands. Reich’s lab also developed a new genetic technique for estimating past population size, showin...
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