Publications by authors named "Andre Prous"
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- Domesticated maize originated from wild teosinte in Mexico around 9000 years ago, spreading through Central and South America over the next few millennia.
- Ancestral maize populations in South America were isolated from the wild teosinte gene pool before fully developing domesticated traits.
- Various human influences contributed to the genetic diversity and distribution of modern South American maize, with the southwestern Amazon serving as a secondary center for its improvement.
In this study we compare the cranial morphology of several late Paleoindian skeletons uncovered at Santana do Riacho, Central Brazil, with worldwide human cranial variation. Mahalanobis Distance and Principal Component Analysis are used to explore the extra-continental morphological affinities of the Brazilian Paleoindian sample. Santana do Riacho is a late Paleoindian burial site where approximately 40 individuals were recovered in varying states of preservation.
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