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Unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestry, DNA study reveals

DNA reveals a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous Americans carry remnants of a "ghost lineage." ...
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Ancient Asian 'ghost' lineage found in Indigenous American DNA

A landmark genomic study of 199 Indigenous Americans has revealed a previously unknown Asian 'ghost' lineage, dubbed Ypykuéra ...

A vast Indigenous American genome map exposes lost migrations, ancient ancestry and more than a million new variants

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many populations have historically been underrepresented on the human genomic map.
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DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land

Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression. A group from the Saginaw Chippewa Reservation in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, gathers with hundreds of protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux ...