Some of the arguments for large population numbers in the pre-contact Americas have been motivated by an attempt to counter a myth, perpetuated by apologists for colonialism like the philosopher John Locke, that the Americas were a vast “vacuum domicilium,” or empty dwelling, populated by a handful of Indigenous groups whose displacement could be readily justified. In a similar vein, some of the arguments for large population sizes have been motivated by a desire to underscore how disastrous the arrival of Europeans was for Indigenous people.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/opinion/dna-caribbean-genocide.html

 Mitatwe’eptes (aka Amy Tilden) – Nez Perce – circa 1910 In the paper, “Large scale mitochondrial sequencing in Mexican Americans suggests a reappraisal of Native American origins,” Kumar et al provide a piece of information I find extremely interesting. “For mtDNA variation, some studies have measured Native American, European and African contributions to Mexican and…
— Read on dna-explained.com/2013/08/30/mexican-womens-mitochondrial-dna-primarily-native-american/

New research reveals all American ethnic groups descend from a single ancestral population that entered the New World from the Bering Straight, filtering d
— Read on www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/we-now-know-what-the-first-people-in-south-america-looked-like/amp.html

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Scientists have found that Native American populations – from Canada to the southern tip of Chile – arose from at least three migrations, with the majority descended entirely from a single group of First American migrants that crossed over through Beringia, a land bridge between Asia and America that existed during the ice ages, more than 15,000 years ago.
— Read on www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2012/jul/native-american-populations-descend-three-key-migrations

Ancient Siberian genome reveals genetic origins of Native Americans
— Read on phys.org/news/2013-11-ancient-siberian-genome-reveals-genetic.html