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Earliest South American migrants had Australian, Melanesian ancestry – Science Magazine
New study shows widest yet dispersal of Australasian DNA in the Americas
Researchers found Australasian ancestry in Indigenous groups living across South America, including those descended from Perus Mochica civilization.
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By Michael PriceMar. 29, 2021 , 3:00 PM
In 2015, scientists discovered something surprising: that some Indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon were distantlybut distinctlyrelated to native Australians and Melanesians. The genetic signal of Australasian ancestry in so far-flung a population sent researchers…
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