In this article, we briefly review scenarios for the first peopling of the New World, including
the Clovis First/Single Origin, Tripartite, and Dual Migration models. We then discuss …

Machu Picchu originally functioned as a palace within the estate of the Inca emperor
Pachacuti between~ 1420 and 1532 CE. Before this study, little was known about the people …

We examined genetic diversity and population structure in the American landmass using
678 autosomal microsatellite markers genotyped in 422 individuals representing 24 Native …

Native Americans from the Amazon, Andes, and coastal geographic regions of South
America have a rich cultural heritage but are genetically understudied, therefore leading to …

As a discipline that bridges the biological and social sciences, bioarchaeology has much to
contribute to a contextualized and theoretically sophisticated understanding of social …

It is now widely agreed that the Native American founders originated from a Beringian
source population∼ 15–18 thousand years ago (kya) and rapidly populated all of the New …

A comprehensive review of uniparental systems in South Amerindians was undertaken.
Variability in the Y-chromosome haplogroups were assessed in 68 populations and 1,814 …

After several years of research, there is now a consensus that America was populated from
Asia through Beringia, probably at the end of the Pleistocene. But many details such as the …

Molecular archaeology brings the tools of molecular biology to bear on fundamental
questions in archaeology, anthropology, evolution, and ecology. Ancient DNA research is …

Melanesian populations are known for their diversity, but it has been hard to grasp the
pattern of the variation or its underlying dynamic. Using 1,223 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …