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The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man

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  • Morten Rasmussen

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
    School of Medicine, Stanford University, Littlefield Center)

  • Martin Sikora

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • Anders Albrechtsen

    (The Bioinformatics Centre, University of Copenhagen)

  • Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • G. David Poznik

    (Program in Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University)

  • Christoph P. E. Zollikofer

    (Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich)

  • Marcia S. Ponce de León

    (Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich)

  • Morten E. Allentoft

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • Ida Moltke

    (The Bioinformatics Centre, University of Copenhagen)

  • Hákon Jónsson

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • Cristina Valdiosera

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
    La Trobe University)

  • Ripan S. Malhi

    (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

  • Ludovic Orlando

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • Carlos D. Bustamante

    (School of Medicine, Stanford University, Littlefield Center
    Center for Evolutionary and Human Genomics, Stanford University, Littlefield Center)

  • Thomas W. Stafford

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
    AMS, 14C Dating Centre, University of Aarhus)

  • David J. Meltzer

    (Southern Methodist University)

  • Rasmus Nielsen

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
    University of California, Berkeley)

  • Eske Willerslev

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

Kennewick Man, a 8,500-year-old male human skeleton discovered in Washington state, USA, has been the subject of scientific and legal controversy; here a DNA analysis shows that Kennewick Man is closer to modern Native Americans than to any other extant population worldwide.

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  • Morten Rasmussen & Martin Sikora & Anders Albrechtsen & Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen & J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar & G. David Poznik & Christoph P. E. Zollikofer & Marcia S. Ponce de León & Morten E. Allento, 2015. "The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man," Nature, Nature, vol. 523(7561), pages 455-458, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:523:y:2015:i:7561:d:10.1038_nature14625
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14625
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    1. Katsuhiko Mineta & Kosuke Goto & Takashi Gojobori & Fowzan S Alkuraya, 2021. "Population structure of indigenous inhabitants of Arabia," PLOS Genetics, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-18, January.

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