History of early settlement and survival in Andean highlands revealed by ancient genomes
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 14:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A multi-center study of the genetic remains of people who settled thousands of years ago in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a complex picture of human adaptation from early settlement, to a split about 9,000 years ago between high and lowland populations, to the devastating exposure to European disease in the 16th-century colonial period.