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ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue -, Pages 551-583Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143932
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mtDNA; Y chromosome; Americas; migrations; Siberia
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A number of important insights into the peopling of the New World have been gained through molecular genetic studies of Siberian and Native American populations. These data indicate that the initial migration of ancestral Amerindian originated in south-central Siberia and entered the New World between 20,000-14,000 calendar years before present (cal yr BP). These early immigrants probably followed a coastal route into the New World, where they expanded into all continental regions. A second migration that may have come from the same Siberian region entered the Americas somewhat later, possibly using an interior route, and genetically contributed to indigenous populations from North and Central America. In addition, Beringian populations moved into northern North America after the last glacial maximum (LGM) and gave rise to Aleuts, Eskimos, and Na-Dene Indians.
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