[zeestephen]

Here's an interesting quote from the Christian Science Monitor that did not appear at the Eureka Alert link:

“Furthermore, Llamas says, ancient specimens that the researchers can extract DNA from are limited. In this study, most of the ancient individuals are from Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. So, he says, “there may have been some kind of bias in our sampling.”

As such, “The conclusions that we have drawn from this dataset may change in the future when we gather more data,” he says. “It's an ongoing story.”

Also, they studied only mitochondrial DNA, which is referenced only once, and not emphasized, at the Eureka link.

Here's the CSM link:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dna-research-suggests-mysterious-collapse-of-native-american-ancestors/ar-BBrgCPV?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UP72DHP

I have always been very skeptical that European diseases wiped out 90% of Native Americans.

The journalists at Eureka and CSM seem to be more concerned about supporting that politically correct hypothesis than about carefully interpreting the data from this recent study.

[SunkenCiv]

and the photo of the girl mummy? She was a human sacrifice. Gosh, I wonder why her genetic line didn’t survive? It’s a freakin’ mystery... :’)

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Considering that the researchers are from Australia, nothing they say should be assumed to be more than political propaganda. The Australian universities claim they are scientific when they publish about global warming, but it’s nothing but their religion. Nothing that comes out of Australia as “science” should be given any credibility until backed up by other independent researchers from other countries.