The peopling of the Americas has been the subject of extensive genetic, archaeological and
linguistic research; however, central questions remain unresolved 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . One …

We sequenced the genomes of a ∼7,000-year-old farmer from Germany and eight ∼8,000-year-old
hunter-gatherers from Luxembourg and Sweden. We analysed these and other …

We examined genetic diversity and population structure in the American landmass using
678 autosomal microsatellite markers genotyped in 422 individuals representing 24 Native …

The large and diverse population of Latin America is potentially a powerful resource for
elucidating the genetic basis of complex traits through admixture mapping. However, no genome-…

The current genetic makeup of Latin America has been shaped by a history of extensive
admixture between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans, a process taking place within …

The distribution of the four founding lineage haplogroups in Native Americans from North,
Central, and South America shows a north to south increase in the frequency of lineage B and …

It had been proposed that the colonization of the New World took place by three successive
migrations from northeastern Asia. The first one gave rise to Amerindians (Paleo-Indians), …

We report a genome-wide association scan for facial features in ∼6,000 Latin Americans.
We evaluated 14 traits on an ordinal scale and found significant association (P values<5 × 10 …

We report a genome-wide association scan in over 6,000 Latin Americans for features of
scalp hair (shape, colour, greying, balding) and facial hair (beard thickness, monobrow, …

The mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) from individuals belonging to three Chilean tribes, the
Mapuche, the Pehuenche, and the Yaghan, were studied both by RFLP analysis and D‐loop (…