Some of the first hunter-gatherers to arrive in Colombia — and some of the first hunter-gatherers to arrive in all of South America — didn’t stick around. They appeared, then disappeared between 6,000 and 2,000 years ago, only to be replaced by a second population of settlers. That’s what a new study in Science Advances suggests anyway, based on the analysis of 21 ancient genomes from the Altiplano, or high plains, around Bogotá.
“These are the first ancient human genomes from Colombia ever to be published,” said Cosimo Posth, a senior study author at the University of Tübingen, according to a press release.
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Panoramic view of the Altiplano, the high plains around Bogotá. (Image Courtesy of William Usaquen/Universidad Nacional de Colombia.)
William Usaquen/Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
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