Indigenous American tribe’s ancestral history confirmed by genomes
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01304-8Ancient and present-day genomes from members of the Indigenous American tribe Picuris Pueblo in the US Southwest show genetic continuity with Ancestral Pueblo individuals from the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. These results confirm traditional knowledge and contest previous accounts that suggested that the population in the region collapsed before European colonization.
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01304-8Ancient and present-day genomes from members of the Indigenous American tribe Picuris Pueblo in the US Southwest show genetic continuity with Ancestral Pueblo individuals from the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. These results confirm traditional knowledge and contest previous accounts that suggested that the population in the region collapsed before European colonization.
