The peopling of the Americas [electronic resource] : new insights from genetic studies / Theodore G. Schurr.
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Contents: Anthropological background -- Clovis first model -- Pleistocene overkill hypothesis -- Megafauna extinction models -- Cactus Hill -- Topper site -- Monte Verde -- New coastal routes into the New World -- Was Clovis first? -- Two different founding populations colonized the Americas -- Linguistic evidence -- Genetic background -- mtDNA lineages in native Americans -- mtDNA haplogroup frequencies in Siberia and the Americas -- Population history of Amerindian haplogroups -- Haplogroup X in North and Central America -- Prehistoric European migration to North America -- History and diversification of circumarctic peoples -- Ancient vs. modern population diversity -- Colonization of the Caribbean -- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies in the Americas -- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies in native Siberians -- Y chromosome SNP haplotype network -- Migration models based on Y chromosome data.
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