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DNA Reveals History of Vanished "Paleo-Eskimos"

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-in-the-day dept.

An anonymous reader writes The earliest people in the North American Arctic remained isolated from others in the region for over 4,000 years before vanishing around 700 years ago, new analysis shows. The study also reveals that today's Inuit and Native Americans of the Arctic are genetically distinct from the region's first settlers. "A single founding population settled, and endured the harsh environmental conditions of the Arctic, for almost 5,000 years — during which time the culture and lifestyle changed enough to be represented as distinct cultural units," explained Dr Maanasa Raghavan, first author of the new paper.

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  1. paleo-racists by turkeydance · · Score: 4, Funny

    probably a gated community, too.

  2. Native Native Americans wiped out by mi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Native Native Americans wiped out by Native Americans. This will be a fine discussion...

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    1. Re:Native Native Americans wiped out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      So today's Native Americans weren't really native? They came and wiped out the real Native Americans? I guess we shouldn't feel any remorse for stealing all this wonderful land away from them then! Really, it was simply justice being served.

  3. Re:Today's "Natives" eliminated the Clovis culture by CaptainDork · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not that you are a physicist or stuff.

    Real ones abide by the doctrine that science doesn't take sides.

    You're a fake and a rabid right wing European Invasion denier.

    Go to hell.

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