Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino

The Caribbean was one of the last parts of the Americas to be settled by humans, but how and when the islands were first occupied remains a matter of debate. Ancient DNA can help answering these questions, but the work has been hampered by poor DNA preservation. We report the genome sequence of a 1,...

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Main Authors: Schroeder, H, Sikora, M, Gopalakrishnan, S, Cassidy, LM, Delser, P, Velasco, M, Schraiber, JG, Rasmussen, S, Homburger, JR, Ávila-Arcos, MC, Allentoft, ME, Moreno-Mayar, JV, Renaud, G, Gómez-Carballa, A, Laffoon, JE, Hopkins, RJA, Higham, TFG, Carr, RS, Schaffer, WC, Day, JS, Hoogland, M, Salas, A, Bustamante, CD, Nielsen, R, Bradley, DG, Hofman, CL, Willerslev, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2018