Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

We are a group of archaeologists, anthropologists, curators and geneticists representing
diverse global communities and 31 countries. All of us met in a virtual workshop dedicated to …

More than two hundred papers have reported genome-wide data from ancient humans.
While the raw data for the vast majority are fully publicly available testifying to the …

In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of
the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown …

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 …

Peru celebrates 200 years of independence in 2021. Over this period of independent life,
and despite the turbulent socio-political scenarios, from internal armed conflict to economic …

Humans settled the Caribbean about 6,000 years ago, and ceramic use and intensified
agriculture mark a shift from the Archaic to the Ceramic Age at around 2,500 years ago …

Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the
world. It has captured the imagination of many owing to its archaeological record, which …

The recently enriched genomic history of Indigenous groups in the Americas is still meager
concerning continental Central America. Here, we report ten pre-Hispanic (plus two early …

In‐solution hybridisation enrichment of genetic variation is a valuable methodology in
human paleogenomics. It allows enrichment of endogenous DNA by targeting genetic …