Human population history on the North Coast of peru from Y chromosomes and mitogenomes.

ABSTRACT: The Central Andes and Pacific coast of Peru were an important center of cultural development in prehistoric South America. In particular, the North Coast of Peru had a significant demographic weight and witnessed a succession of societies and polities, some of which achieved state-level complexity. To understand the impact of this legacy on the genetic diversity of people living today, we generated 76 Y-chromosomal STR profiles and 143 full mtDNA sequences from four communities of the Peruvian North Coast. We reconstruct genealogical trajectories and search for connections to other living populations from South America, as well as with ancient individuals from archaeological contexts. We find characteristic paternal and maternal lineages, found only in the North Coast. These distinct genet

SUBMITTER: Huber LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12301434 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature