Ancient Individuals Are the Ancestors of Present-Day Indigenous Groups in Northwest North America (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Ancient Individuals Are the Ancestors of Present-Day Indigenous Groups in Northwest North America

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Researchers are analyzing DNA from ancient individuals found in southeast Alaska, coastal British Columbia, Washington state and Montana. A new genetic analysis of some of these human remains finds that many of today's indigenous peoples living in the same regions are descendants of ancient individuals dating to at least 10,300 years ago.

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