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Elizabeth Warren reveals proof of Native American ancestry President Donald Trump told the senator he'd make a $1 million donation to her favorite charity if she took a DNA test proving her heritage.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has released the results of a DNA analysis showing she has distant Native American ancestry, which could pre-empt further questions and attacks should she run for president ...
Kimberly TallBear, this year’s recipient of the University of California, Santa Cruz Distinguished Humanities Graduate Student Alumni Award, is being honored for her work in championing indigenous ...
The analysis also showed that just like Rapa Nui individuals today, past inhabitants had Native American DNA. Researchers think this "mixing" would have taken place sometime between A.D. 1250 and ...
An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years ago in a river in Washington is related to Native Americans, says a DNA study that could help resolve a long-running dispute over its ancestry and custody.
The team traced a rare Native American founder lineage across the continents and time, looking at mitochondrial DNA passed down through females. Using 100,000 modern-day and 15,000 ancient samples ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 ...
Now, new evidence suggests that Native Americans may have traveled back to North Asia as well. In a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, an international group of researchers ...