Two Gene Studies Suggest First Migrants To Americas A Complex Mix

[Oxytropidoceras]

Two Gene Studies Suggest First Migrants To

Americas A Complex Mix by Christopher Joyce

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/21/424813708/two-gene-studies-suggest-first-migrants-to-americas-a-complex-mix

Ghost population’ hints at long-lost migration

to the Americas (Present-day Amazonians share

an unexpected genetic link with Asian islanders,

hinting at an ancient trek by Ewen Callaway

Nature 21 July 2015 http://www.nature.com/news/ghost-population-hints-at-long-lost-migration-to-the-americas-1.18029

The papers are:

Raghavan, R., and others 2015, Genomic evidence

for the Pleistocene and recent population history of

Native Americans. Science. Published Online July 21 2015

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2015/07/20/science.aab3884

Skoglund, P. and others, 2015, Genetic evidence

for two founding populations of the Americas.

Nature, near-final version

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vnfv/ncurrent/full/nature14895.html

http://www.nature.com/articles/nature14895.epdf?referrer_access_token=cUQ3Ai774VmdBVRRMSaQ0NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N6yB-nEyCdRoL51ykMO5E91orKw8mXMzuxoORJJBQhEhMryvaarH9hFKiGoJjc1JvX7zNtkTMbwuOPicFdsM1y7uzyyWsvTeUZY4iN3Kq60ZhvW781KSFuU4fHlV0EhySXsodIVFx76RjUcfg3OxAfFtAfWeS579uPXTb94CfsRkmvoUbEb9LWidP4Dum2hQg_znqOg0NSuz933PKyi_qj&tracking_referrer=www.nature.com

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited July 21, 2015 by Oxytropidoceras

[Jesuslover340]

Very interesting...to see how current evidence is corroborating with a previously skeptical theory:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/radical-theory-of-first-americans-places-stone-age-europeans-in-delmarva-20000-years-ago/2012/02/28/gIQA4mriiR_story.html

[FLINTandBONE]

Very interesting. I've always loved these stories and theories of the real "First Americans".