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 …

INTRODUCTION Genetic studies of the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas have focused
on the timing and number of migrations from Siberia into North America. They show that …

Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The
ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge …

Indigenous peoples have occupied the island of Puerto Rico since at least 3000 BC. Due to
the demographic shifts that occurred after European contact, the origin (s) of these ancient …

Heritage matters. It is cherished and celebrated, but also frequently contested. It is a
touchstone to the past, both individual and collective. It connects cultural memory to …

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 …

This article presents a comprehensive genetic study focused on pre-Hispanic individuals
who inhabited the Aburrá Valley in Antioquia, Colombia, between the tenth and seventeenth …

Plasmodium falciparum is a significant human pathogen, particularly in the historical context
of the ancient Mediterranean region. The causative species of malaria are “invisible” in the …

In Quebec, written accounts of free or enslaved Indigenous and African individuals during
colonial times are few and limited. Three-dimensional geometric morphometric methods …

Stargardt disease (STGD1) is a form of inherited retinal dystrophy attributed to variants
affecting function of the large ABCA4 gene and is arguably the most complex monogenic …