Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil

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Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil. / Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo; Lao, Oscar; Schroeder, Hannes; Rasmussen, Morten; Raghavan, Maanasa; Moltke, Ida; Campos, Paula; Sagredo, Francisca Santana; Rasmussen, Simon; Gonçalves, Vanessa F; Albrechtsen, Anders; Allentoft, Morten Erik; Johnson, Philip L F; Li, Mingkun; Reis, Silvia; Bernardo, Danilo V; DeGiorgio, Michael; Duggan, Ana T; Bastos, Murilo; Wang, Yong; Stenderup, Jesper; Moreno Mayar, José Victor; Brunak, Søren; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Hodges, Emily; Hannon, Gregory J; Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre; Price, T Douglas; Jensen, Jeffrey D; Nielsen, Rasmus; Heinemeier, Jan; Olsen, Jesper; Rodrigues-Carvalho, Claudia; Lahr, Marta Mirazón; Neves, Walter A; Kayser, Manfred; Higham, Thomas; Stoneking, Mark; Pena, Sergio D J; Willerslev, Eske.

In: Current biology : CB, Vol. 24, No. 21, 2014, p. R1035-R1037.

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Malaspinas, AS, Lao, O, Schroeder, H, Rasmussen, M, Raghavan, M, Moltke, I, Campos, P, Sagredo, FS, Rasmussen, S, Gonçalves, VF, Albrechtsen, A, Allentoft, ME, Johnson, PLF, Li, M, Reis, S, Bernardo, DV, DeGiorgio, M, Duggan, AT, Bastos, M, Wang, Y, Stenderup, J, Moreno Mayar, JV, Brunak, S, Sicheritz-Ponten, T, Hodges, E, Hannon, GJ, Orlando, LAA, Price, TD, Jensen, JD, Nielsen, R, Heinemeier, J, Olsen, J, Rodrigues-Carvalho, C, Lahr, MM, Neves, WA, Kayser, M, Higham, T, Stoneking, M, Pena, SDJ & Willerslev, E 2014, 'Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil', Current biology : CB, vol. 24, no. 21, pp. R1035-R1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.078

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Malaspinas, A. S., Lao, O., Schroeder, H., Rasmussen, M., Raghavan, M., Moltke, I., Campos, P., Sagredo, F. S., Rasmussen, S., Gonçalves, V. F., Albrechtsen, A., Allentoft, M. E., Johnson, P. L. F., Li, M., Reis, S., Bernardo, D. V., DeGiorgio, M., Duggan, A. T., Bastos, M., ... Willerslev, E. (2014). Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil. Current biology : CB, 24(21), R1035-R1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.078

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Malaspinas AS, Lao O, Schroeder H, Rasmussen M, Raghavan M, Moltke I et al. Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil. Current biology : CB. 2014;24(21):R1035-R1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.078

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Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo ; Lao, Oscar ; Schroeder, Hannes ; Rasmussen, Morten ; Raghavan, Maanasa ; Moltke, Ida ; Campos, Paula ; Sagredo, Francisca Santana ; Rasmussen, Simon ; Gonçalves, Vanessa F ; Albrechtsen, Anders ; Allentoft, Morten Erik ; Johnson, Philip L F ; Li, Mingkun ; Reis, Silvia ; Bernardo, Danilo V ; DeGiorgio, Michael ; Duggan, Ana T ; Bastos, Murilo ; Wang, Yong ; Stenderup, Jesper ; Moreno Mayar, José Victor ; Brunak, Søren ; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas ; Hodges, Emily ; Hannon, Gregory J ; Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre ; Price, T Douglas ; Jensen, Jeffrey D ; Nielsen, Rasmus ; Heinemeier, Jan ; Olsen, Jesper ; Rodrigues-Carvalho, Claudia ; Lahr, Marta Mirazón ; Neves, Walter A ; Kayser, Manfred ; Higham, Thomas ; Stoneking, Mark ; Pena, Sergio D J ; Willerslev, Eske. / Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil. In: Current biology : CB. 2014 ; Vol. 24, No. 21. pp. R1035-R1037.

Bibtex

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title = "Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil",
abstract = "Understanding the peopling of the Americas remains an important and challenging question. Here, we present (14)C dates, and morphological, isotopic and genomic sequence data from two human skulls from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, part of one of the indigenous groups known as 'Botocudos'. We find that their genomic ancestry is Polynesian, with no detectable Native American component. Radiocarbon analysis of the skulls shows that the individuals had died prior to the beginning of the 19th century. Our findings could either represent genomic evidence of Polynesians reaching South America during their Pacific expansion, or European-mediated transport.",
author = "Malaspinas, {Anna Sapfo} and Oscar Lao and Hannes Schroeder and Morten Rasmussen and Maanasa Raghavan and Ida Moltke and Paula Campos and Sagredo, {Francisca Santana} and Simon Rasmussen and Gon{\c c}alves, {Vanessa F} and Anders Albrechtsen and Allentoft, {Morten Erik} and Johnson, {Philip L F} and Mingkun Li and Silvia Reis and Bernardo, {Danilo V} and Michael DeGiorgio and Duggan, {Ana T} and Murilo Bastos and Yong Wang and Jesper Stenderup and {Moreno Mayar}, {Jos{\'e} Victor} and S{\o}ren Brunak and Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten and Emily Hodges and Hannon, {Gregory J} and Orlando, {Ludovic Antoine Alexandre} and Price, {T Douglas} and Jensen, {Jeffrey D} and Rasmus Nielsen and Jan Heinemeier and Jesper Olsen and Claudia Rodrigues-Carvalho and Lahr, {Marta Miraz{\'o}n} and Neves, {Walter A} and Manfred Kayser and Thomas Higham and Mark Stoneking and Pena, {Sergio D J} and Eske Willerslev",
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AU - Raghavan, Maanasa

AU - Moltke, Ida

AU - Campos, Paula

AU - Sagredo, Francisca Santana

AU - Rasmussen, Simon

AU - Gonçalves, Vanessa F

AU - Albrechtsen, Anders

AU - Allentoft, Morten Erik

AU - Johnson, Philip L F

AU - Li, Mingkun

AU - Reis, Silvia

AU - Bernardo, Danilo V

AU - DeGiorgio, Michael

AU - Duggan, Ana T

AU - Bastos, Murilo

AU - Wang, Yong

AU - Stenderup, Jesper

AU - Moreno Mayar, José Victor

AU - Brunak, Søren

AU - Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas

AU - Hodges, Emily

AU - Hannon, Gregory J

AU - Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre

AU - Price, T Douglas

AU - Jensen, Jeffrey D

AU - Nielsen, Rasmus

AU - Heinemeier, Jan

AU - Olsen, Jesper

AU - Rodrigues-Carvalho, Claudia

AU - Lahr, Marta Mirazón

AU - Neves, Walter A

AU - Kayser, Manfred

AU - Higham, Thomas

AU - Stoneking, Mark

AU - Pena, Sergio D J

AU - Willerslev, Eske

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N2 - Understanding the peopling of the Americas remains an important and challenging question. Here, we present (14)C dates, and morphological, isotopic and genomic sequence data from two human skulls from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, part of one of the indigenous groups known as 'Botocudos'. We find that their genomic ancestry is Polynesian, with no detectable Native American component. Radiocarbon analysis of the skulls shows that the individuals had died prior to the beginning of the 19th century. Our findings could either represent genomic evidence of Polynesians reaching South America during their Pacific expansion, or European-mediated transport.

AB - Understanding the peopling of the Americas remains an important and challenging question. Here, we present (14)C dates, and morphological, isotopic and genomic sequence data from two human skulls from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, part of one of the indigenous groups known as 'Botocudos'. We find that their genomic ancestry is Polynesian, with no detectable Native American component. Radiocarbon analysis of the skulls shows that the individuals had died prior to the beginning of the 19th century. Our findings could either represent genomic evidence of Polynesians reaching South America during their Pacific expansion, or European-mediated transport.

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