Paleogenomics (Other Keyword)

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Ancient Taino genome sheds new light on the peopling of the Caribbean (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannes Schroeder.

The Tainos were the first people to encounter Columbus when he set foot in the New World. The Taino culture emerged in the Caribbean around 1200 CE but the ancestral origins of the Tainos remain a matter of debate. Some scholars believe that the ancestors of the Tainos originated in the Amazon Basin, while others contend that they may have spread from the Colombian Andes via a Circum-Caribbean route. Theoretically, the ancestors of the Tainos could have entered the Caribbean from, any or all...


Genetic data from the Transbay Man (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Beth Shapiro. Richard Edward Green. Peter Heintzman. Sam Vohr.

We present genetic evidence isolated from the remains of the Transbay Man. We compare extracted genomic data to other available gneomic data, placing the Transbay Man in an evolutionary context with other human populations, including previously sequenced Amerindian remains. We discuss the challenges of working with preserved genetic material from warm and wet locations such as the San Francisco Bay Area. SAA 2015 abstracts made available in tDAR courtesy of the Society for American Archaeology...


Paleogenomic perspectives of archaeological human samples from Durango, Mexico. (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Miguel Vallebueno. Jose Luis Punzo Díaz. Brenda Álvarez-Sandoval. Sara Garcia. Rafael Montiel.

Despite the great number of methodological obstacles, the molecular biology applied to the field of Archaeology has proven to be an important complementary tool to interpret the population dynamics of ancient populations. The mitochondrial DNA, as it is inherited in a matrilineal way, has information about the relationships of the human groups under a population context. In collaboration with LANGEBIO, several archaeological human samples from Durango Mexico have been subjected to ancient DNA...