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mtDNA Phylogeography of four New World humans

Two Caribbean Warao are most closely related to a group of Central Asians. A Brazilian Guarani is most closely related to Japanese and Siberian Inuit (relationships of New World Inuit are unknown). A Southwestern US Piman individual is most closely related to a group of Asians, and occurs in a separate clade.


World data from Ingman et al. 2000; figure and text material ©2005 by Steven M. Carr; not to be reproduced without permission