Evaluating population histories in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, Chile, using ancient mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA.
Christina M BalentineMarta Alfonso-DurrutyAustin W ReynoldsMiguel VilarFlavia MorelloManuel San RománLauren C SpringsRick W A SmithSamantha M ArcherJaime Mata-MíguezNatalie WingDeborah A BolnickPublished in: American journal of biological anthropology (2022)
These results support the hypothesis that Marine and Terrestrial economic groups represent distinct ancestral lineages who diverged during the time populations were expanding in the Americas, and may represent independent migrations into Fuego-Patagonia.