Scientists Use DNA to Trace Early Humans' Footsteps From Asia to South America

Scientists Use DNA to Trace Early Humans' Footsteps From Asia to South America

Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South America, a new genetic investigation suggests

Tracing the First Americans: New DNA Study Reveals Epic Migration from Siberia to South America

A recent study titled "From North Asia to South America: Tracing the longest human dispersal," published in Science, offers a comprehensive genetic investigation into one of the most remarkable migrations in human prehistory—the peopling of South America. This research sheds new light on how early humans traveled from northeastern Asia, particularly Siberia, all the way to the southernmost parts of the American continent. The study's primary foc…