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Genomes and fossil faeces track the first Americans

Coprolites from Oregon and Native American DNA suggest that North and South America were colonized in waves.

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Callaway, E. Genomes and fossil faeces track the first Americans. Nature (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2012.11006

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