▪ Abstract Over the past two decades, detailed studies of mitochondrial DNA and the Y
chromosome have increased our understanding of the history and population genetics of …

The mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and hypervariable segment I (HVSI) sequences of
1,612 and 395 Native North Americans, respectively, were analyzed to identify major …

Bradley and Stanford have raised now, in several instances, the claim that European Upper
Paleolithic Solutrean peoples colonized North America, and gave rise to the archaeological …

As dogs have traveled with humans to every continent, they can potentially serve as an
excellent proxy when studying human migration history. Past genetic studies into the origins …

A substantial amount of archaeological data suggests groups with markedly different lithic
technologies and subsistence adaptations were widespread throughout both American …

The study of the peopling of the Americas has been transformed in the past decade by
astonishing progress in paleogenomic research. Ancient genomes now show that Native …

Previous studies have investigated the human population history of eastern North America
by examining mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation among Native Americans, but these …

To estimate the maternal contribution of Native Americans to the human gene pool of Puerto
Ricans—a population of mixed African, European, and Amerindian ancestry—the mtDNAs of …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes peopling in North America and summarizes
where they were when The International Union for Quaternary Science (INQUA) was here in …

In AD 1428, the city‐states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan formed the Triple
Alliance, laying the foundations of the Aztec empire. Although it is well documented that the …