Authors: Ronny Friedrich; Nicola Rambaldi Migliore; Antonio Torroni; Viola Grugni; Gianluca Lombardo; Marco Rosario Capodiferro; Alessandro Achilli; Ornella Semino; Alberto Gómez-Carballa; Anna Olivieri; Tomás Mendizábal; Maribel Tribaldos; Alessandra Modi; Garrett Hellenthal; Francesco Bertolini; Corina Knipper; Cristina Cereda; Luca Pagani; Mait Metspalu; Francesco Montinaro; Alessandro Raveane; Jorge Motta; Iosvany Hernández-Mora; Antonio Salas; Giulia Colombo; Hongjie Li; Javier Rivera; Gaetano S. Grieco; Juan Miguel Pascale; Ugo A. Perego; Martina Lari; David Caramelli; Ripan S. Malhi; Christiana L. Scheib; Juan Guillermo Martín; Bethany Aram; Linda Ongaro; Richard G. Cooke

Venue: Cell

Type: Publication

Abstract: SUMMARYThe recently enriched genomic history of Indigenous groups in the Americas is still meagre concerning continental Central America. Here, we report ten pre-Hispanic (plus two early colonial) genomes and 84 genome-wide profiles from seven groups presently living in Panama. Our analyses reveal that pre-Hispanic demographic changes and isolation events contributed to create the extensive genetic structure currently seen in the area, which is also characterized by a distinctive Isthmo-Colombian Indigenous component. This component drives thes... (read more)

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.040