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Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains
Science Advances, Vol.4(12), eaau5064
2018
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Abstract
After European colonization, the ancestral remains of Indigenous people were often collected for scientific research or display in museum collections. For many decades, Indigenous people, including Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians, have fought for their return. However, many of these remains have no recorded provenance, making their repatriation very difficult or impossible. To determine whether DNA-based methods could resolve this important problem, we sequenced 10 nuclear genomes and 27 mitogenomes from ancient pre-European Aboriginal Australians (up to 1540 years before the present) of known provenance and compared them to 100 high-coverage contemporary Aboriginal Australian genomes, also of known provenance. We report substantial ancient population structure showing strong genetic affinities between ancient and contemporary Aboriginal Australian individuals from the same geographic location. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of successfully identifying the origins of unprovenanced ancestral remains using genomic methods.
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- Title
- Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains
- Authors
- Joanne L Wright (Author) - Griffith UniversitySally Wasef (Author) - Griffith UniversityTim H Heupink (Author) - Griffith UniversityMichael C Westaway (Author) - Griffith UniversitySimon Rasmussen (Author) - Technical University of Denmark, DenmarkColin Pardoe (Author) - Australian National UniversityGudju Gudju Fourmile (Author) - Gimuy Yidniji ElderMichael Young (Author) - Barkandji/Paakantyi ElderTrish Johnson (Author) - Barkandji/Paakantyi ElderJoan Slade (Author) - Ngiyampaa ElderRoy Kennedy (Author) - Ngiyampaa ElderPatsy Winch (Author) - Mutthi Mutthi ElderMary Pappin Sr (Author) - Mutthi Mutthi ElderTapij Wales (Author) - Thanynakwith ElderWilliam "Badger" Bates (Author) - Barkandji/Paakantyi ElderSharnie Hamilton (Author) - Barapa Barapa NationNeville Whyman (Author) - Barapa Barapa NationSheila van Holst Pellekaan (Author) - University of New South WalesPeter J McAllister (Author) - SpringbrookPaul S C Tacon (Author) - Griffith UniversityDarren Curnoe (Author) - University of New South WalesRuiqiang Li (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaCraig Millar (Author) - University of Auckland, New ZealandSankar Subramanian (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringEske Willerslev (Author) - University of Copenhagen, DenmarkAnna-Sapfo Malaspinas (Author) - University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandMartin Sikora (Author) - University of Copenhagen, DenmarkDavid M Lambert (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Science Advances, Vol.4(12), eaau5064; 12
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1126/sciadv.aau5064
- ISSN
- 2375-2548
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450779902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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