Ancient DNA gives new insights into ‘lost’ Indigenous people of Uruguay
A sculpture commemorates the Indigenous people of Uruguay in the capital of Montevideo. Archeological evidence for human settlement of the area goes back 10,000 years. Credit: Maximasu via Wikimedia Commons
The first whole genome sequences of the ancient people of Uruguay provide a genetic snapshot of Indigenous populations of the region before they were decimated by a series of European military campaigns. PNAS Nexus…