Ancient and modern genomics of the Ohlone Indigenous population of California.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 35312358.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1073/pnas.2111533119 and PMC identifier 9060455.
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Abstract
SignificanceCalifornia supports a high cultural and linguistic diversity of Indigenous peoples. In a partnership of researchers with the Muwekma Ohlone tribe, we studied genomes of eight present-day tribal members and 12 ancient individuals from two archaeological sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, spanning ∼2,000 y. We find that compared to genomes of Indigenous individuals from throughout the Americas, the 12 ancient individuals are most genetically similar to ancient individuals from Southern California, and that despite spanning a large time period, they share distinctive ancestry. This ancestry is also shared with present-day tribal members, providing evidence of genetic continuity between past and present Indigenous individuals in the region, in contrast to some popular reconstructions based on archaeological and linguistic information.
Medical subject headings
- Genomics
- Indigenous Peoples