Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Ancient genomes in South Patagonia reveal population movements associated with technological shifts and geography

  • Nathan Nakatsuka,
  • Pierre Luisi,
  • Josefina M. B. Motti,
  • Mónica Salemme,
  • Fernando Santiago,
  • Manuel D. D’Angelo del Campo,
  • Rodrigo J. Vecchi,
  • Yolanda Espinosa-Parrilla,
  • Alfredo Prieto,
  • Nicole Adamski,
  • Ann Marie Lawson,
  • Thomas K. Harper,
  • Brendan J. Culleton,
  • Douglas J. Kennett,
  • Carles Lalueza-Fox,
  • Swapan Mallick,
  • Nadin Rohland,
  • Ricardo A. Guichón,
  • Graciela S. Cabana,
  • Rodrigo Nores,
  • David Reich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17656-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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How Indigenous populations in the southern tip of South America have changed over time has been unclear. Here the authors generate genome-wide data for 20 ancient individuals and examine how past migrations and admixture events correlate to geography and shifts in the archaeological record.