TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic history and genetic structure in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico
AU - Villa-Islas, Viridiana
AU - Izarraras-Gomez, Alan
AU - Larena, Maximilian
AU - Campos, Elizabeth Mejía Perez
AU - Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela
AU - Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Juan Esteban
AU - Bravo-Lopez, Miriam
AU - Moguel, Barbara
AU - Fregel, Rosa
AU - Garfias-Morales, Ernesto
AU - Tretmanis, Jazeps Medina
AU - Velázquez-Ramírez, David Alberto
AU - Herrera-Muñóz, Alberto
AU - Sandoval, Karla
AU - Nieves-Colón, Maria A.
AU - Moreno, Gabriela Zepeda García
AU - Villanea, Fernando A.
AU - Medina, Eugenia Fernández Villanueva
AU - Aguayo-Haro, Ramiro
AU - Valdiosera, Cristina
AU - Ioannidis, Alexander G.
AU - Moreno-Estrada, Andrés
AU - Jay, Flora
AU - Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia
AU - Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor
AU - Sánchez-Quinto, Federico
AU - Ávila-Arcos, María C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/5/12
Y1 - 2023/5/12
N2 - Aridoamerica and Mesoamerica are two distinct cultural areas in northern and central Mexico, respectively, that hosted numerous pre-Hispanic civilizations between 2500 BCE and 1521 CE. The division between these regions shifted southward because of severe droughts ~1100 years ago, which allegedly drove a population replacement in central Mexico by Aridoamerican peoples. In this study, we present shotgun genome-wide data from 12 individuals and 27 mitochondrial genomes from eight pre-Hispanic archaeological sites across Mexico, including two at the shifting border of Aridoamerica and Mesoamerica. We find population continuity that spans the climate change episode and a broad preservation of the genetic structure across present-day Mexico for the past 2300 years. Lastly, we identify a contribution to pre-Hispanic populations of northern and central Mexico from two ancient unsampled “ghost” populations.
AB - Aridoamerica and Mesoamerica are two distinct cultural areas in northern and central Mexico, respectively, that hosted numerous pre-Hispanic civilizations between 2500 BCE and 1521 CE. The division between these regions shifted southward because of severe droughts ~1100 years ago, which allegedly drove a population replacement in central Mexico by Aridoamerican peoples. In this study, we present shotgun genome-wide data from 12 individuals and 27 mitochondrial genomes from eight pre-Hispanic archaeological sites across Mexico, including two at the shifting border of Aridoamerica and Mesoamerica. We find population continuity that spans the climate change episode and a broad preservation of the genetic structure across present-day Mexico for the past 2300 years. Lastly, we identify a contribution to pre-Hispanic populations of northern and central Mexico from two ancient unsampled “ghost” populations.
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U2 - 10.1126/SCIENCE.ADD6142
DO - 10.1126/SCIENCE.ADD6142
M3 - Article
C2 - 37167382
AN - SCOPUS:85159740632
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 380
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6645
M1 - eadd6142
ER -
