A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes

Nakatsuka, Nathan; Lazaridis, Iosif; Barbieri, Chiara; Skoglund, Pontus; Rohland, Nadin; Mallick, Swapan; Posth, Cosimo; Harkins-Kinkaid, Kelly; Ferry, Matthew; Harney, Eadaoin; Michel, Megan; Stewardson, Kristin; Novak-Forst, Jannine; Capriles, Jose M.; Durruty, Marta Alfonso; Alvarez, Karina Aranda; Beresford-Jones, David; Burger, Richard; Cadwallader, Lauren; Fujita, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.015

A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes

Nakatsuka, Nathan

[1];

Lazaridis, Iosif

[1];

Barbieri, Chiara

[2];

Skoglund, Pontus

[3];

Rohland, Nadin

[1];

Mallick, Swapan

[1];

Posth, Cosimo

[2];

Harkins-Kinkaid, Kelly

[4];

Ferry, Matthew

[1];

Harney, Eadaoin

[1];

Michel, Megan

[1];

Stewardson, Kristin

[1];

Novak-Forst, Jannine

[4];

Capriles, Jose M.

[5];

Durruty, Marta Alfonso

[6];

Alvarez, Karina Aranda

[7];

Beresford-Jones, David

[8];

Burger, Richard

[9];

Cadwallader, Lauren

[8];

Fujita, Ricardo

[10];

Isla, Johny

[11];

Lau, George

[12];

Aguirre, Carlos Lemuz

[13];

LeBlanc, Steven

[1];

Maldonado, Sergio Calla

[13];

Meddens, Frank

[14];

Messineo, Pablo G.

[15];

Culleton, Brendan J.

[5];

Harper, Thomas K.

[5];

Quilter, Jeffrey

[1];

Politis, Gustavo

[15];

Rademaker, Kurt

[16];

Reindel, Markus

[17];

Rivera, Mario

[18];

Salazar, Lucy

[8];

Sandoval, Jose R.

[10];

Santoro, Calogero M.

[19];

Scheifler, Nahuel

[15];

Standen, Vivien

[19];

Ines Barreto, Maria

[20];

Flores Espinoza, Isabel

[20];

Tomasto-Cagigao, Elsa

[21];

Valverde, Guido

[22];

Kennett, Douglas J.

[5];

Cooper, Alan

[22];

Krause, Johannes

[2];

Haak, Wolfgang

[2];

Llamas, Bastien

[22];

Reich, David

[1];

Fehren-Schmitz, Lars

[4]

¹
Harvard University
²
Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist
³
Francis Crick Institute
⁴
University of California System
⁵
Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE)
⁶
Kansas State University
⁷
Soc Arqueol La Paz
⁸
University of Cambridge
⁹
Yale University
¹⁰
Universidad de San Martin de Porres
¹¹
Peruvian Minist Culture
¹²
University of East Anglia
¹³
Universidad Mayor de San Andres
¹⁴
University of Reading
¹⁵
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA)
¹⁶
Michigan State University
¹⁷
German Archaeol Inst
¹⁸
Universidad de Magallanes
¹⁹
Universidad de Tarapaca
²⁰
Museo Sitio Huaca Pucllana
²¹
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
²²
University of Adelaide

DOI

10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.015

Date Issued

2020-5-28

Type

Artículo

Journal

Cell

ISSN

0092-8674

1097-4172

Open Access

hybrid

Volume

181

Start page

1131

Links

https://arca.umag.cl/handle/123456789/14029

There are many unanswered questions about the population history of the Central and South Central Andes, particularly regarding the impact of large-scale societies, such as the Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku, and Inca. We assembled genome-wide data on 89 individuals dating from similar to 9,000-500 years ago (BP), with a particular focus on the period of the rise and fall of state societies. Today's genetic structure began to develop by 5,800 BP, followed by bi-directional gene flow between the North and South Highlands, and between the Highlands and Coast. We detect minimal admixture among neighboring groups between similar to 2,000-500 BP, although we do detect cosmopolitanism (people of diverse ancestries living side-by-side) in the heartlands of the Tiwanaku and Inca polities. We also highlight cases of long-range mobility connecting the Andes to Argentina and the Northwest Andes to the Amazon Basin.

ancient dna

andes

anthropology

archaeology

population genetics