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Native Americans and Northern Europeans more closely related than previously thought

Native Americans and Northern Europeans more closely related than previously thought | Science News | Scoop.it
Using genetic analyses, scientists have discovered that Northern European populations—including British, Scandinavians, French, and some Eastern Europeans—descend from a mixture of two very different ancestral populations, and one of these populations is related to Native Americans.
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Anthropologists clarify link between Asians and early Native-Americans

Anthropologists clarify link between Asians and early Native-Americans | Science News | Scoop.it

A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.

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Tiny mountainous region in Siberia may have been genetic source of earliest Native Americans

Tiny mountainous region in Siberia may have been genetic source of earliest Native Americans | Science News | Scoop.it
A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research.
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How the European conquest affected Native Americans

How the European conquest affected Native Americans | Science News | Scoop.it
Researchers from Germany and the United States suggest that the European conquest triggered the loss of more than half the Native American population. The results of their study provide new insight into the demise of the indigenous population.
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