TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic clues about the origin of Aché hunter-gatherers of Paraguay
AU - Callegari-Jacques, Sidia M.
AU - Hill, Kim
AU - Hurtado, Ana
AU - Rodrigues, Luciana T.
AU - Bau, Claiton H D
AU - Salzano, Francisco M.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Seventeen genetic studies performed among the until recently hunter-gatherer Aché were reviewed and the corresponding data integrated to general information about this group, and to statistical tests of hypothesis concerning its origin(s). Two features of the Aché gene pool emerge: (a) the distinctiveness in relation to the general pattern of Amerindian genetic data; and (b) the reduced within population genetic variability. As for the origin of this people, the evidence suggests a general Tupian background with considerable introgression of Jê genetic material, which could be explained by the Tupi warfare habit of absorption instead of extermination of defeated individuals.
AB - Seventeen genetic studies performed among the until recently hunter-gatherer Aché were reviewed and the corresponding data integrated to general information about this group, and to statistical tests of hypothesis concerning its origin(s). Two features of the Aché gene pool emerge: (a) the distinctiveness in relation to the general pattern of Amerindian genetic data; and (b) the reduced within population genetic variability. As for the origin of this people, the evidence suggests a general Tupian background with considerable introgression of Jê genetic material, which could be explained by the Tupi warfare habit of absorption instead of extermination of defeated individuals.
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U2 - 10.1002/ajhb.20816
DO - 10.1002/ajhb.20816
M3 - Article
C2 - 18792074
AN - SCOPUS:58849106441
SN - 1042-0533
VL - 20
SP - 735
EP - 737
JO - American Journal of Human Biology
JF - American Journal of Human Biology
IS - 6
ER -