Aztec conquest altered genetics among early Mexico inhabitants, new DNA study shows
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
For centuries, the fate of the original Otomí inhabitants of Xaltocan, the capital of a pre-Aztec Mexican city-state, has remained unknown. Researchers have long wondered whether they assimilated with the Aztecs or abandoned the town altogether.