DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America.

TY - JOUR

T1 - DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America.

AU - Gilbert, M Thomas P

AU - Jenkins, Dennis L

AU - Götherstrom, Anders

AU - Naveran, Nuria

AU - Sanchez, Juan J

AU - Hofreiter, Michael

AU - Thomsen, Philip Francis

AU - Binladen, Jonas

AU - Higham, Thomas F G

AU - Yohe, Robert M

AU - Parr, Robert

AU - Cummings, Linda Scott

AU - Willerslev, Eske

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - The timing of the first human migration into the Americas and its relation to the appearance of the Clovis technological complex in North America ca. 11-10.8 thousand radiocarbon years before present ((14)C ka B.P.) remains contentious. We establish that humans were present at Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves, south-central Oregon, by 12,300 (14)C yr. B.P., through recovery of human mtDNA from coprolites, directly dated by accelerator mass spectrometry. The mtDNA corresponds to Native American founding haplogroups A2 and B2. The dates of the coprolites are >1000 (14)C years earlier than currently accepted dates for the Clovis-complex.

AB - The timing of the first human migration into the Americas and its relation to the appearance of the Clovis technological complex in North America ca. 11-10.8 thousand radiocarbon years before present ((14)C ka B.P.) remains contentious. We establish that humans were present at Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves, south-central Oregon, by 12,300 (14)C yr. B.P., through recovery of human mtDNA from coprolites, directly dated by accelerator mass spectrometry. The mtDNA corresponds to Native American founding haplogroups A2 and B2. The dates of the coprolites are >1000 (14)C years earlier than currently accepted dates for the Clovis-complex.

U2 - 10.1126/science.1154116

DO - 10.1126/science.1154116

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 18388261

SN - 0036-8075

VL - 320

SP - 786

EP - 789

JO - Science

JF - Science

IS - 5877

ER -