Ancient DNA is helping pinpoint the East Asian roots of Native Americans.
The new genetic analyses and comparisons with present-day and ancient people peg the MZR individual’s DNA as that of a femalefrom southern East Asia. Much like East Asians today, the ancient female’s ancestry included small contributions from Denisovans and Neandertals.
Su’s group found that the MZR woman carried genetic ties to ancient people in the Americas who date to as early as about 12,000 years ago. Some ancient southern East Asians traveled up China’s eastern coast, possibly by way of Japan, and crossed a land bridge to North America, the scientists suspect.
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