United States: Native Americans Experienced A Strong Population Bottleneck Coincident With European Contact

United States: Native Americans Experienced A Strong Population Bottleneck Coincident With European Contact   Brendan D. O'Fallon, and Lars Fehren-Schmitz, 2011   The genetic and demographic impact of European contact with Native Americans has remained unclear despite recent interest. Whereas archeological and historical records indicate that European contact resulted in widespread mortality from various sources, genetic studies have found little evidence of a recent contraction in...

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