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Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas

J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar, Bárbara Sousa da Mota, Tom Higham et al., 2024. Nature.

Genomes of 15 ancient Rapanui (dated 1670–1950) show no severe bottleneck in the 1600s and about 10 per cent Native American ancestry acquired about 1250–1430, before Europeans.

MYS0CTG2VPT2YY8 · mystery · click to copyMEaster Island moaiArticleCopy of Skeletal remains of 15 Rapanui individuals sampled for ancient genomesdoi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07881-4Checked against the original0

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Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Sousa da Mota, B., Higham, T., Klemm, S., Gorman Edmunds, M., Stenderup, J., Iraeta-Orbegozo, M., Laborde, V., Heyer, E., Torres Hochstetter, F., Friess, M., Allentoft, M. E., Schroeder, H., Delaneau, O., & Malaspinas, A. S. (2024). Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07881-4
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