# Moreno-Mayar 2024: 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. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited against the ecocide bottleneck… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2TFR4AJ7/ancient-rapanui-genomes-reveal-resilience-and-pre-european Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)Moreno-Mayar 2024 **0** # 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. **Easter Island moai** ArticleCopy of **[Skeletal remains of 15 Rapanui individuals sampled for ancient genomes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3E8J714W/skeletal-remains-of-15-rapanui-individuals-sampled-for)** doi: **[10.1038/s41586-024-07881-4](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07881-4)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Cited against the ecocide bottleneck and for pre-European contact with the Americas. ## The document 18 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 18 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 10 records [Skeletal remains of 15 Rapanui individuals sampled for ancient genomes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3E8J714W/skeletal-remains-of-15-rapanui-individuals-sampled-for) ART [Skeletal remains of 15 Rapanui individuals sampled for ancient genomes: dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/copies/CPY0CTG3EGC5TPY/skeletal-remains-of-15-rapanui-individuals-sampled-for) CPY [Ancient Rapanui genomes (15 individuals)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CTG3A3R4AFZ/ancient-rapanui-genomes-15-individuals) Dataset DAT [Fifteen ancient genomes show steady growth and no bottleneck in the 1600s.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/evidence/EVD0CTG34ZP5F3A/fifteen-ancient-genomes-show-steady-growth-and-no-bottleneck) Evidence EVD [Genomes show no bottleneck and about 10 per cent Native American ancestry acquired about 1250–1430.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/evidence/EVD0CTG35FA31VX/genomes-show-no-bottleneck-and-about-10-per-cent-native) Evidence EVD [Ancient Rapanui genomes published](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/events/EVT0CTG2ZKT6M7Y/ancient-rapanui-genomes-published) EVT [Native American ancestry enters the Rapanui population](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/events/EVT0CTG2YCR4V4S/native-american-ancestry-enters-the-rapanui-population) EVT [Peruvian slave raids remove about a third of the population](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/events/EVT0CTG2YWC3ZYP/peruvian-slave-raids-remove-about-a-third-of-the-population) EVT [The Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai) The mystery article MYS [Did Rapa Nui society collapse before European contact?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/questions/QST0CTG30B82PQ7/did-rapa-nui-society-collapse-before-european-contact) Question QST ## Cite it ``` 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 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07881-4)[Download PDF · 5.2 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/858c66805b3959aa138719900dacb28cfed352c50b4630b290b37cd314362164) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0CTG2TFR4AJ7 Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. 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