Indigenous Ashaninka DNA helps geneticists write new chapters of pre-colonial history in South America

ScienceDaily
Mar 16, 2023, 3:39 pm78 pts
Geneticists have written new chapters in the reconstruction of pre-colonial Americas history after using DNA from the indigenous Ashaninka people from Amazonian Peru. They have discovered previously unexpected levels of genetic variation in this group and uncovered a strong hint that these people were involved…

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