article_snippet: Study also highlighted previously unidentified ancestry, such as Basque lineages in South America, along with a ‘surprising’ degree of variation in the ancestry of modern-day Americans.
article_snippet: The method helped The Oxford University team identify detailed ancestry sources, such as Basque DNA patterns from Spain, rather than France.
article_snippet: The method helped researchers identify detailed ancestry sources, such as Basque DNA patterns from Spain, rather than France.
article_snippet: The Basques, a distinct ethnic group spread across current-day Spain and France, provided a small but distinct genetic contribution to current-day Continental South American populations, including the Maya in Mexico.
article_snippet: The Basques (light), a distinct ethnic group spread across current-day Spain and France, provided a small but distinct genetic contribution to current-day Continental South American populations, including the Maya in Mexico .
article_snippet: The Basques, a distinct ethnic group spread across Spain and France, provided a small but distinct genetic contribution to current-day Continental South American populations.
article_snippet: We found a clear genetic contribution from the Basques in modern-day Maya in Mexico', said Oxford University's Professor Cristian Capelli. '
article_snippet: This suggests that the Basque also took part in the colonisation of the Americas, coming over either with the Spanish conquistadores or in later waves of migration. '
highlights_snippet: Study also highlighted previously unidentified ancestry such as Basque genes present in South America .