Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean

Kathrin Nägele; Cosimo Posth; Miren Iraeta Orbegozo; Yadira Chinique De Armas; Silvia Teresita Hernández Godoy; Ulises M.González Herrera; Maria A. Nieves-Colón; Marcela Sandoval-Velasco; Dorothea Mylopotamitaki; Rita Radzeviciute; Jason Laffoon; William J. Pestle; Jazmin Ramos-Madrigal; Thiseas C. Lamnidis; William C. Schaffer; Robert S. Carr; Jane S. Day; Carlos Arredondo Antúnez; Armando Rangel Rivero; Antonio J. Martínez-Fuentes; Edwin Crespo-Torres; Ivan Roksandic; Anne C. Stone; Carles Lalueza-Fox; Menno Hoogland; Mirjana Roksandic; Corinne L. Hofman; Johannes Krause; Hannes Schroeder

doi:10.1126/science.aba8697

Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean

Kathrin Nägele, Cosimo Posth, Miren Iraeta Orbegozo, Yadira Chinique De Armas, Silvia Teresita Hernández Godoy, Ulises M.González Herrera, Maria A. Nieves-Colón, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Dorothea Mylopotamitaki, Rita Radzeviciute, Jason Laffoon, William J. Pestle, Jazmin Ramos-Madrigal, Thiseas C. Lamnidis, William C. Schaffer, Robert S. Carr, Jane S. Day, Carlos Arredondo Antúnez, Armando Rangel Rivero, Antonio J. Martínez-FuentesEdwin Crespo-Torres, Ivan Roksandic, Anne C. Stone, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Menno Hoogland, Mirjana Roksandic, Corinne L. Hofman, Johannes Krause, Hannes Schroeder

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The Caribbean was one of the last regions of the Americas to be settled by humans, but where they came from and how and when they reached the islands remain unclear. We generated genome-wide data for 93 ancient Caribbean islanders dating between 3200 and 400 calibrated years before the present and found evidence of at least three separate dispersals into the region, including two early dispersals into the Western Caribbean, one of which seems connected to radiation events in North America. This was followed by a later expansion from South America. We also detected genetic differences between the early settlers and the newcomers from South America, with almost no evidence of admixture. Our results add to our understanding of the initial peopling of the Caribbean and the movements of Archaic Age peoples in the Americas.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	456-460
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	369
Issue number	6502
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba8697
State	Published - Jul 24 2020

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Nägele, K., Posth, C., Orbegozo, M. I., De Armas, Y. C., Godoy, S. T. H., Herrera, U. M. G., Nieves-Colón, M. A., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Mylopotamitaki, D., Radzeviciute, R., Laffoon, J., Pestle, W. J., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Lamnidis, T. C., Schaffer, W. C., Carr, R. S., Day, J. S., Antúnez, C. A., Rivero, A. R., ... Schroeder, H. (2020). Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean. Science, 369(6502), 456-460. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba8697

Nägele, K, Posth, C, Orbegozo, MI, De Armas, YC, Godoy, STH, Herrera, UMG, Nieves-Colón, MA, Sandoval-Velasco, M, Mylopotamitaki, D, Radzeviciute, R, Laffoon, J, Pestle, WJ, Ramos-Madrigal, J, Lamnidis, TC, Schaffer, WC, Carr, RS, Day, JS, Antúnez, CA, Rivero, AR, Martínez-Fuentes, AJ, Crespo-Torres, E, Roksandic, I, Stone, AC, Lalueza-Fox, C, Hoogland, M, Roksandic, M, Hofman, CL, Krause, J & Schroeder, H 2020, 'Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean', Science, vol. 369, no. 6502, pp. 456-460. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba8697

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