A study of 33 ancient skulls excavated from Mexico invites us to reconsider our view of the ancestry of the early Americans. Unlike most other early American remains, the skulls resemble those from south Asian populations.
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Dillehay, T. Tracking the first Americans. Nature 425, 23–24 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425023a
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