For First Nations people, effects of European contact are recorded in the genome
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 14:37
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A study of the genomes of 25 individuals who lived 1,000 to 6,000 years ago on the north coast of present-day British Columbia, and 25 of their descendants who still live in the region today, opens a new window on the catastrophic consequences of European colonization for indigenous peoples in that part of the world.