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Rapa Nui DNA: Collapse, Resilience and Contact with the Americas
Fifteen ancient Rapanui genomes challenge a severe pre-European collapse and date Indigenous American-related ancestry to 1250–1430 CE.
Methodology deep-dives, population spotlights, and engineering notes from the Ancestrify team — qpAdm modelling, ancient DNA panels, and how genetic ancestry analysis really works.
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