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A genetic history of the pre-contact Caribbean.
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Daniel M Fernandes *Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-6552
Kendra A Sirak *Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2347-3479
Harald RingbauerDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4884-9682
Jakob SedigDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6642-7734
Nadin RohlandDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Olivia CheronetDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Matthew MahDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Swapan MallickDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Iñigo OlaldeDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2660-6807
Brendan J CulletonInstitutes of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Nicole AdamskiDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rebecca BernardosDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4625-3727
Guillermo BravoDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Nasreen BroomandkhoshbachtDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5350-1608
Kimberly CallanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-8514
Francesca CandilioSuperintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the city of Cagliari and the provinces of Oristano and South Sardinia, Cagliari, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4668-1361
Lea DemetzDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Kellie Sara Duffett CarlsonDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Laurie EcclesDepartment of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Suzanne FreilichDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0472-6311
Richard J GeorgeDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Ann Marie LawsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kirsten MandlDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Fabio MarzaioliDepartment of Mathematics and Physics, Campania University 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Caserta, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2676-4055
Weston C McCoolDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Jonas OppenheimerDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kadir T ÖzdoganDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Constanze SchattkeDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ryan SchmidtCIBIO-InBIO, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Kristin StewardsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Filippo TerrasiDepartment of Mathematics and Physics, Campania University 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Caserta, Italy.
Fatma ZalzalaDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Carlos Arredondo AntúnezMuseo Antropológico Montané, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Ercilio Vento CanosaMatanzas University of Medical Sciences, Matanzas, Cuba.
Roger ColtenPeabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7769-2269
Andrea CucinaFacultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico.
Francesco GenchiDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Claudia KraanNational Archaeological-Anthropological Memory Management (NAAM), Willemstad, Curaçao.
Francesco La PastinaDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Michaela LucciDANTE Laboratory of Diet and Ancient Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marcio Veloz MaggioloUniversidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic.
Beatriz Marcheco-TeruelNational Center of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Clenis Tavarez MariaMuseo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Christian MartínezMuseo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Ingeborg ParísInstituto de Investigaciones Bioantropológicas y Arqueológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
Michael PatemanTurks and Caicos National Museum Foundation, Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Tanya M SimmsDepartment of Biology, University of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas.
Carlos Garcia SivoliInstituto de Investigaciones Bioantropológicas y Arqueológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
Miguel VilarNational Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA.
Douglas J KennettDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-7365
William F KeeganFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Alfredo CoppaDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. alfredo.coppa@uniroma1.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-2484
Mark LipsonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ron PinhasiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. ron.pinhasi@univie.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-8131
David ReichDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. reich@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-5292
Funding
Population mixture in evolutionary and medical geneticsR01GM100233 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PATTERSON, NICK J, REICH, DAVID E · 2012 to 2019
$2.7MHoward Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100233
Abstract
Humans settled the Caribbean about 6,000 years ago, and ceramic use and intensified agriculture mark a shift from the Archaic to the Ceramic Age at around 2,500 years ago
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ArchaeologyGenetics, PopulationIslandsCaribbean RegionCentral AmericaCeramicsGenome, HumanGeographic MappingHaplotypesHistory, AncientHuman MigrationHumansMalePopulation DensityPopulation DynamicsSouth America
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